The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee has stated it has arrested fourteen college students of the Federal College of Expertise, Akure, Ondo State.
The company stated the arrest was made by EFCC operatives of the Benin Zone Command.
This was contained in an announcement on the official X-handle of the EFCC.
The company additionally confirmed that the scholars have been arrested together with 19 others within the early hours of Wednesday, February 14, 2024, for suspected web crimes.
Some college students had taken to social media to share movies of the midnight raid.
The movies present damaged window frames which can be believed to be an tried housebreaking.
FUTA's Scholar Union Authorities confirmed in an announcement that the raid occurred at 3am on Wednesday.
The union alleged {that a} feminine pupil was abused and a few college students suffered bodily accidents.
The EFCC, nevertheless, stated the raid was in response to calls to the company from mother and father and neighbors within the space.
The assertion learn: “The suspects have been arrested at numerous residential places in Akure metropolis following details about their alleged nefarious actions.
“Particularly, the sting operation that led to their arrest was in response to strident calls to the EFCC from neighbors and fogeys across the places, to stop their youngsters from being lured into internet-related actions by the suspects.
“Gadgets recovered through the arrest embrace ten unique vehicles, telephones, laptops and one motorbike.
“The suspects will probably be dropped at justice as soon as the investigation is accomplished.”
The assertion, nevertheless, didn’t tackle the ban on midnight operations by EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede.
Olukoyede in November 2023 ordered that sting operations be halted at night time.
About 70 college students of Obafemi Awolowo College, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have been earlier arrested in November 2023 throughout a midnight raid on off-campus hostels.
