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Alleged Cybercrime: EFCC Commences Investigation of 24 Suspects Arrested in Ghana

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Okotie-Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, have commenced investigations of 24 Nigerian youths arrested in Ghana over their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects were arrested on April 17, 2025 at Kumsark Estate in Oyarifa, a suburb of Accra, Ghana by the Economic and Organised Crime Office, EOCO, Ghana. They were subsequently transferred to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, on April 25, 2025. Speaking during the handing over of the suspects to the EFCC’s La…