{"id":78318,"date":"2021-09-03T15:55:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T14:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=78318"},"modified":"2021-09-03T15:55:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T14:55:23","slug":"lekki-now-hotbed-of-cyber-crime-in-nigeria-efcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/03\/lekki-now-hotbed-of-cyber-crime-in-nigeria-efcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Lekki now hotbed of cyber crime in Nigeria \u2013 EFCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has labelled the Lekki area of Lagos State as the hotbed of cybercrime in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The antigraft agency said this in a post titled, \u2018Lekki now hotbed of cybercrime \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/31\/efcc-arrests-15-suspected-internet-fraudsters-in-port-harcourt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFCC<\/a>\u2019, on its Facebook page on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Data released by the agency showed that 402 suspects were arrested in three months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLekki, the fast-developing upper-middle-class area of Lagos Metropolis, is emerging as the new hub of internet-related fraud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData from the investigation activities of the Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for the second quarter of 2021, indicates that Lekki District is the preferred location for all manner of cyber fraud syndicates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween April and June, 2021, the Advance Fee Fraud and Cyber Crime Sections of the Command recorded a total of 402 internet-related fraud arrests. While the Advance Fee Fraud Section was responsible for 243 arrests, the Cyber Crime Section executed 18 sting operations which resulted in 159 arrests, from which 13 convictions have so far been recorded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf the 159 suspects arrested by the Cyber Crime Section, 70 are from Lekki, comprising communities such as Ajah, Badore, Victoria Garden City, Sangotedo and Oniru.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAjah accounted for 24 suspects, while Oniru and Sangotedo had 14 and 13 suspects respectively. Badore had 8 suspects. Neighbouring Ikoyi and Eko Atlantic had 2 and one suspect each. Ikorodu and Alagbado on the Lagos Mainland make up the remainder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects are mostly millennials, with 82 of them aged between 25-34 years, which speaks to the fact that most of the individuals arrested are either still in school, recent graduates or university drop outs,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has labelled the Lekki area of Lagos State as the hotbed of cybercrime in Nigeria. The antigraft agency said this in a post titled, \u2018Lekki now hotbed of cybercrime \u2013 EFCC\u2019, on its Facebook page on Friday. 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