{"id":1189,"date":"2026-04-09T20:21:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2026-04-09T20:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:21:28","slug":"efcc-busts-yahoo-academy-in-abuja-arrests-31-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/efcc-busts-yahoo-academy-in-abuja-arrests-31-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC busts \u2018yahoo academy\u2019 in Abuja, arrests 31 suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5778.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5778.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5778-300x104.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5778-768x266.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday said it arrested 31 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation at an alleged \u201cYahoo academy\u201d in Karu, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement on Thursday shared on their official X page, the commission said the suspects were nabbed at Becki Estate \u201cwhile undergoing internet fraud tutorials,\u201d adding that they comprise \u201ctwo kingpins and interns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EFCC said items recovered from the suspects include \u201cphones, 18 laptop computers and other gadgets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the statement, investigations revealed that some of the trainees were \u201clured all the way from Benue State by the academy proprietors with the promise of job offers,\u201d but were instead recruited into cyber fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commission added that \u201cupon settling down at the facility, (they) were handed communication devices, computers and software, setting the stage for their training in cyber fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It further stated that the suspects were confined within the premises, noting that \u201cthe proprietors house the recruits in the academy and restrict their movements strictly within the perimeters of the facility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Items recovered from the suspects. Photo credit: EFCC<br>The EFCC said the operators also \u201cforcibly took possession of their mobile phones, thus totally cutting them off from the outside world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency disclosed that \u201ccorporal punishment was the order of the day,\u201d adding that \u201cheavy-handed physical assault (was) meted out to interns who were seen to be recalcitrant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commission said the suspects \u201cwill be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday said it arrested 31 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation at an alleged \u201cYahoo academy\u201d in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}