Photos: Bauchi police arrest five suspected internet fraudsters undergoing training in yahooyahoo school

On Saturday in Bauchi, the Command’s spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, issued a statement confirming the arrest. According to him, command operatives stormed a location in Bauchi where suspected hackers were getting training based on solid intelligence.

“The Operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB), Bauchi Command acted on a verified intelligence on 20th May 2022, burst into an apartment located at Kirfi Road, GRA, Bauchi. Where a training center was established for the training of youths who want to venture into internet crime,” he said.

He listed the suspects to include Emmanuel Saleh alias Wizblaq, 22, Matthias Akronyi alias Mad Kid, 20, Patience Nuhu, 21, Bulus Haruna, 18, and Kingsley Simon, 19.

Four laptops, one television, four sound systems, one power generator, seven plastic chairs, one office chair, a musical keyboard, and a refrigerator were recovered according to Wakil.

He said Umar Sanda, the Commissioner of Police, has ordered that the suspects be charged in court as soon as the investigations are completed.

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