The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has interviewed the suspected internet fraudster, Joseph Efe, who tied up a lady at Top View hotel, Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja.
Parading the suspect on Friday, September 20, 2024, the FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu said Efe specialises in luring ladies on dating sites called ‘coded runs’ with the intent to robbing them of their phones and making withdrawal from his victims’ bank accounts.
“The 30-year-old suspect, Joseph Efe, who is of Edo and Ondo origin, was arrested after coming out of the hotel premises allegedly to meet an accomplice, leaving his victim tied up in the hotel room,” Odumosu stated.
“The eagle eyed men of the NSCDC FCT Command who were at their sentry post, upon noticing Joseph’s suspicious movement stopped him but instead of stopping, the suspect took to his heels after sighting our gallant officers who chased him, caught him and was led back to his hotel room, where the naked girl was found tied hands and legs with semi transparent adhesive tape (Cellotape).
“The victim, Olivia Ijeoma Chukwuemeka, who hails from Abia State was immediately rescued from the situation where she has been stripped naked, bound, hands, feet and mouth.
Olusola Odumosu said the suspect confessed to being a yahoo boy and that he has not been making money from the act so he decided to hunt for young girls on a dating site called ‘coded runs’ and that he operates between Port Harcourt, Lagos, Benin and Abuja.
Preliminary investigation reveals that the suspect, Mr Efe is a serial fraudster (yahoo) and a thief, who specialises in luring ladies on dating sites into hotel rooms with the intent to robbing them of their phones and making withdrawal from his victims bank account.
