According to him, the apartment is being used as a “Yahoo” academy or training school for internet-related fraud and other fraudulent activities.
The officers were on a mission to corner a cluster of suspected cybercriminals, widely known as Yahoo Boys, when they were met with lethal violence on Friday morning.
The property in Gwinnett County was acquired on May 23, 2019, during Mr Obasa’s first term as Speaker. It is now valued at $654,602.
When our people celebrate rogues, they convey the message that morality and integrity are irrelevant; what matters is wealth, power, and more wealth.
EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale said in a statement on Friday that they were arrested in a sting operation by the commission’s operatives.
A rare sighting of the state’s recent expenditure records showed lawmakers drew billions for frivolous and arcane line items between January 2023 and the third quarter of 2024.
Mr Orji also served as two-term senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District before his retirement from active politics.
Law enforcement anywhere in the world is not a kiss-and-cuddle engagement.
The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, has okayed EFCC’s application to freeze 24 accounts domiciled in different banks.
In a recent sting operation, EFCC said it arrested 148 Chinese, 40 Filipinos, two Kharzartans, one Pakistani, and one Indonesian for alleged cybercrimes.
