EFCC clears air on Kwara Poly sting operation

Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, carried retired a sting cognition wrong 2 buildings flagged for suspected internet-related fraud astatine Agbede Community successful Ilorin, Kwara state.

This was disclosed via the agency’s authoritative x handle.

“The operation, carried retired connected Wednesday, March 24, 2026, yielded the apprehension of 30 suspected net fraudsters, six of whom are students of Kwara State Polytechnic.

“The profiling of the students showed that each the six students are actively progressive successful net fraud.

“Eight vehicles suspected to beryllium proceeds of transgression were recovered from the suspects, alongside mobile phones and laptops.

“The sting cognition was not remotely connected to the Polytechnic. No entranceway was made into the premises of the Institution and determination was nary disruption of immoderate enactment of the school.

“It is untenable to nexus immoderate protestation by immoderate students of the Polytechnic to the lawful cognition of the EFCC.

“Any video successful circulation linking students’ protestation with the cognition of the Commission is contrived and outright ...