The operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested a 23-year-old internet fraudster (Yahoo boy), Awoleye Oluwatofunmi, who allegedly defrauded an American national, Vonapolouis Moss, of $1,000.

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, disclosed this while parading the suspect before reporters at the police headquarters in Ilorin, the state capital on Friday.

Odama said the suspect presented himself to the victim as an American on TikTok, a social media platform with the name, Howard Adams, and defrauded her $1,000.

The CP said the yahoo boy later took a step further by luring the victim to fly into Nigeria on January 9, 2023, through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos.

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He stated that the victim flew into Ilorin the next day and was received by the suspect before he was arrested based on actionable intelligence.

The police commissioner said the suspect also deceitfully took an unspecified amount of dollars from the victim before she was rescued by police operatives.

Odama said necessary authorities have been contacted for appropriate action, adding that the rescued victim has been moved into secure custody by the Kwara State Police Command, pending her return to the United States.

“The command would continue to discharge its duties with a full sense of responsibility and be willing at all times to respect the rights of every citizen,” the CP stressed.

The Star