{"id":61441,"date":"2025-02-17T19:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T19:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=61441"},"modified":"2025-02-17T19:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T19:10:12","slug":"efcc-raids-ekpoma-arrests-47-cyber-fraud-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/17\/efcc-raids-ekpoma-arrests-47-cyber-fraud-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Raids Ekpoma, Arrests 47 Cyber Fraud Suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested 47 suspected internet fraudsters in Ekpoma, Edo State, on February 15, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Intelligence linked the suspects\u2014mostly Ambrose Alli University (AAU) students\u2014to fraudulent online activities, with some spotted at a local club before the swift raid.<\/p>\n<p>The operation netted 14 exotic cars, along with laptops and mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>While Ekpoma residents express growing concern over cybercrime, AAU\u2019s Students\u2019 Union Government is reportedly investigating the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The EFCC has confirmed that further charges will follow as investigations continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested 47 suspected internet fraudsters in Ekpoma, Edo State, on February 15, 2025. Intelligence linked the suspects\u2014mostly Ambrose Alli University (AAU) students\u2014to fraudulent online activities, with some spotted at a local club before the swift raid. The operation netted 14 exotic cars, along with laptops [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":61442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61443,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61441\/revisions\/61443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}