The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed how suspected internet fraudsters, commonly known as Yahoo boys, stole more than N7.2 million from the bank account of a serving judge in the middle of the night.
Speaking at the launch of two books written by retired High Court judge Justice Alaba Omolaye-Ajileye, Olukoyede said the judge called him around 1 am after receiving several debit alerts.
According to him, the judge explained that the money was meant for her child’s education.
“She had just been scammed of the money she had been putting together for six years to send her child to school,” he said.
Olukoyede said the victim lost about N7.2 million before she contacted him for help. He added that the incident occurred in a state where the EFCC had been restrained by a court order from investigating
