Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested four suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo Boys, for abducting their colleague over sharing of proceeds of their fraud business.

The suspects, Agbe Simeon (male), Messiah Nicky (female), Oladapo Dolapo (male) and Yetunde Shonola (female), were arrested on Monday, December 26, 2022, at Orile Imo village in Obafemi Owode Local Council, following an information received by the Police at Owode Egba divisional headquarters, that one Haruna Usman, who had been abducted since Thursday, December 22, 2022, was being held hostage somewhere, in Orile Imo.

Upon the information, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) ,Owode Egba division, Popoola Olasunkanmi, quickly mobilised his men and stormed the area, where four among the abductors were apprehended while two others escaped.

According to the police, preliminary investigation revealed that the victim and the suspects belong to an internet fraudster syndicate, and that they recently swindled somebody, whose identity is not yet known of N26. 5 million, but the victim only gave the sum of N2.2 million to his other colleagues, claiming that the money had not been fully paid completely by their client.

This infuriated his colleagues who lured him to an herbalist home at Orile Imo and held him hostage, since Thursday, December 22, 2022, with threat to kill him if he refused to give them their complete share.

But while they were there, information got to the police who moved in, rescued the victim and apprehended his abductors.

The state’s Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be transferred to the anti kidnapping unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation and possible prosecution.