EFCC Arrests Five Suspected Internet Fraudsters In PH, Releases Okorocha

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it has arrested five alleged suspected Internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The commission, in a statement signed by the Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwajaren, in Port Harcourt, said the alleged suspects were arrested in an early morning operation, last Wednesday, April 14, 2021, along New Airport Road axis in Port Harcourt.
According to the statement, the agency named the alleged arrested suspects as Raymond Poi; Kelvin Okonofua; Anderson Aforke Adjukpa, Marvellous Ahre and Chijioke Amadi.
He added that the suspects were arrested based on verified intelligence information about their suspicious involvement in Internet-related fraud.
According to the statement, items recovered from the suspects include five iPhones; four Android phones; one Nokia Java phone; one Dell Laptop; two iMac Apple Laptop; and two ash- coloured Toyota Camry cars.
The statement, however, said the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded.
Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released the former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, after he spent two nights in detention.
Okorocha was released, yesterday evening.
The Tide learnt that the former governor is presently at his Maitama residence in Abuja.
It would be recalled that the EFCC invited Okorocha, last Tuesday, for questioning.
Okorocha, who governed Imo between 2011 and 2019, has been accused of embezzlement and misappropriation of state funds by the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma.