By Tega Odje
SIX suspected internet fraudsters, popularly called Yahoo Yahoo Boys, have been aprehended by police, just as they confessed on camera how they joined a popular human rights group units at Uvwie and Udu local government areas of Delta State to enjoy cover in carrying out their nefarious activities.
In six separate confessional audio-visual clips obtained by our Correspondent from a reliable police source, the six young men revealed that they joined the human rights group to shield them from the prying eyes of security agents to swindle unsuspecting people.
The suspects are said to be cooling off at the state command at press time.
The suspects who usually parade themselves as human rights activists in the state, allegedly made the confessions after they were caught executing their sharp practices.
The suspects whose names are Agbemomoshowo Ovokede, Emefeke Terry, Terry Jigbale, Kakaede Anthony, Ugochukwu Okeke and Monday Oghenevworo made revelations about their activities.
They, however, confessed that while some of their unit leaders might be aware of their shady pastimes, the chairman of the human rights group in the state is not aware of their internet fraud status.
They claimed to paid various sums of money as registration fees before being recruited into the group amount which ranged from N16,000 to N30,000, and that some of them were introduced into the human rights group after running into problems with security agents in the course of their nefarious business.
One of them, Agbemoshomo Ovokede, who hails from Egbo, Ughelli South Local Government Area, described himself as a human rights activist as well as an Internet fraud.
“I am a human rights activist and Internet fraudster. I joined the human rights activist in 2016 when I brought my car. I was apprehended by the Ekpan Police and I was taken to the station.
“My elder brother bailed me out of the station and introduced me to the human rights body, where I paid N20,000 as registration fee and additional N30,000 to the exco committee. I paid in cash.
“My chairman is aware that I’m a member of the human rights group, but he is not aware that I’m an Internet fraudster.
Emefeke Terry, another suspect, who is from Okumagba Layout in Warri, said “I’m a human rights activist and a fraudster. I joined the human rights group two years ago when my friend was shot at Victory View Hotel and there was an argument between the Ovwian Police Station men and my friend’s family and that was when I met my friend, Israel Joe, who came to interview some persons at the hotel.”
The third suspect, Terry Jigbale, said: “I started Internet fraud in 2015. And I used Facebook in doing the job. I have one account and one client. I used Terry Mark in opening my Facebook account, and I used a white man’s picture I got from Facebook as my profile picture.
“I joined the human rights group earlier this year. My chairman is not aware I’m into Internet fraud. I’m still doing Internet fraud till date.”
The fourth suspect is Kakaede Anthony. He is from Ughelli South Local Government,from Egbede town in Otu-Jeremi.
He said: “I’m a Yahoo Boy and also a human rights activist. I introduced myself into yahoo. I joined the human rights in 2018. I joined yahoo business when I graduated from the higher institution in 2017.
Ugochukwu Okeke also revealed how he operated as a Yahoo Boy under the cover of the human right group. “After my secondary school, I served in a building material shop where I got the experience on how to sell building materials.
“In the 2012 to 2014, I worked at Daron Computers in Udu road where I saw some boys doing Internet fraud and I taught myself due to the experience I got while looking at them and after then, I met a lady, Sally Ewasco, on Facebook and she gave me $650 in ITS card.
“After that, I met another lady, Theresa Foreman, who gave me $1,200. After then, I ventured into what I served for after I have been settled by my boss. I sold building materials in Abuja, Amak market Shop 157 Elugbe, Abuja.”
Monday Oghenevworo, the sixth suspect, said he was from Okpara Inland Ethiope East Local Government Area and studied Geophysics in one of the tertiary institutions in Delta State.
“I’m into Internet fraud. I started last year. A friend of mine named Uyi introduced me to it. I have defrauded almost over N5 million and a woman from Finland paid the money.
“My yahoo name is Ozin Osbond. I told my client that I’m a musician and I told her that I want to organise a show in the United kingdom and she should send me money. She eventually sent me the money and I shared it with my Oga Uyi who lives in Benin.”