Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, July 1, 2022, rescued an alleged kind@pped yahoo-yahoo apprentice, Destiny Peter, 17, from an apartment in Mpape, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Peter was rescued after he contacted the EFCC on its official twitter handle,@officialEFCC, on July 1, narrating how some yahoo-yahoo boys kidn@pped him and intended to use him for r#tuals.
According to a statement by the agency, he was guided to send a screenshot of his location to the Commission, using the Google Location App in his Android phone. In a series of tweets, Peter wrote: “Good afternoon sir, I called the EFCC number and lay some complaints about some yahoo boys intending using me for r#tual and he said I should send a screenshot of the location
The house is in Mpape, but don’t know the exact place so check google map and save the screenshot. I’m in the bathroom because I don’t want his boys to know what I’m doing.My name is Destiny Peter and the place is Mpape. I don’t know the actual place but I used google maps and the people in the house now are his boys. Hold on let me try and do a video, sir”
Upon the twitter alert, the EFCC quickly mobilized a team of detectives to the area for his rescue, and they found him locked up in a room. They rescued him and arrested Aboaba David, 16, Isaac Johnson, 18, 20- year-old cook, Miracle Moses, a hair stylist, and the leader of the syndicate, Jamilu Aliyu, 20, popularly known as Jamilu Smith.
During interrogation, Peter said he was thre@tened by Jamilu Smith, leader of the gang. He further stated that Smith thre@tened him, that if he was not able to cash out (defr@ud) people within two weeks, he would be sacrificed for r#tualsUnder interrogation, David said Smith was their leader and recruited them to join him in scouting for potential online dating victims for fr@ud. All other suspects pointed at Smith as their leader.
