ALLEGED FRAUD : 6 Suspected Yahoo Boys Confess How They Joined CDHR In Delta

Six suspected internet fraudsters otherwise known as “Yahoo boys” have confessed on camera how they joined the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR in Delta State.

 

The suspects who are cooling off their heels at the Police Cell in Ebrumede Police Divisional Headquarters includes, Agbemomoshowo Ovokede, Emefeke Terry, Terry Jigbale, Kakaede Anthony, Ugochukwu Okeke and Monday Oghenevworo.

 

They are members of the CDHR Unit in Uvwie and Udu Local Government Areas respectively, where they enjoy cover in carrying out their nefarious activities.

 

In six separate confessional audio-visual clips obtained by our correspondent from a source, the suspects said they joined the famous human rights group to shield themselves from the prying eyes of security agents especially the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS of the Nigerian Police to hoodwink unsuspecting  persons.

 

It could not be ascertained if the confessions were made by the suspects in the presence of their lawyers as required by the law.

 

The suspects allegedly made the confessions after they were caught executing their sharp practices.

 

They confessed that while some of their unit leaders may be aware of their shady deals, the Delta State CDHR Chairman, Comrade Prince Kehinde Taiga is not aware of their internet fraud status.

 

They claimed that they paid various sums of money as registration fees when they were being recruited into the CDHR.

 

They said the amount ranges from N16,000 to N30,000 and that some of them were introduced into the human rights group after running into problems with security agents in the course of their nefarious business.

 

Although, Prince Taiga debunked this and other allegations,some of the leaders of the CDHR Units which the suspects belonged are on the payroll of the alleged Internet fraudsters.

 

One of them, Agbemoshomo Ovokede, who hails from Egbo in Ughelli South Local Government Area described himself as a human rights activist as well as an Internet fraud.

 

“I am a human rights activist and Internet fraudster. I joined the human rights activist in the year 2016 when I brought my car. I was apprehended by the Ekpan Police and I was taken to the station.

 

“My elder brother who bailed me out of the station  introduced me to the human rights body, where I paid N20,000 as registration fee and additional N30,000 to the exco committee. I paid in cash.

 

“My chairman is aware that I’m a member of the human rights activist, but he is not aware that I’m an Internet fraudster.

 

“The Comrade is aware that I’m an Internet fraudster. I joined the human rights body to protect me from police disturbance because I know that what I was doing was not legal.

 

Emefeke Terry, another suspect who is resident in Karien Street, Okumagba Layout in Warri, said “I’m a human rights activist and a fraudster.

 

I joined the human rights activist two years ago when my friend was shot at Victory View Hotel and there was an argument between the Ovwian Police Station men and my friend’s family and that was when I met my friend, Israel Joe, who came to interview some persons at the Victory View Hotel to know the exact thing that happened.

 

“There and then, he persuaded me to join the human rights activist group in order for me to protect myself.

 

“I paid N16, 000 as registration fee. The human rights chairman knows about the payment I made before joining the human rights group.

 

“The human rights chairman does not know that I’m into Internet fraud. None of my members at the human rights group knows that I’m an Internet fraudster.”

The third suspect, Terry Jigbale.

 

According to him, “I started Internet fraud in  2015. And I use Facebook in doing the job.

 

I have one account and one client. I used Terry Mark in opening my Facebook account, and I used a white man’s picture I got from Facebook as my profile picture.

 

“I joined the human rights group earlier this year. My chairman is Prince Kehinde Taiga but he is not aware I’m into Internet fraud. I’m still doing Internet fraud till date.”

 

The fourth suspect is Kakaede Anthony. He’s from Ughelli South Local Government,from Egbede town in Otu-Jereme,said: “I’m a Yahoo boy and also a human rights activist. I introduced myself into yahoo. I joined the human rights in 2018. I joined yahoo business when I graduated from the higher institution in 2017.

 

“I joined human rights as a cover due to the nature of my job. Though I don’t know my chairman, but I was introduced to him the first day I joined by Comrade Oke.

 

“My chairman does not know that I’m a Yahoo boy. The name I use in doing yahoo is Tony Cab and I use a white man’s photo as my profile picture.”

 

Ugochukwu Okeke also revealed how he operated as a yahoo boy under the cover of CDHR. “After my secondary school, I served in a building material shop where I got the experience on how to sell building materials.

 

“In the 2012 to 2014, I worked at Daron Computers in Udu road where I saw some boys doing Internet fraud and I taught myself due to the experience I got while looking at them and after then, I met a lady, Sally Ewasco, on Facebook and she gave me $650 in ITS card.

 

“After that, I met another lady, Theresa Foreman, who gave me $1, 200. After then, I ventured into what I served for after I have been settled by my boss. I sold building materials in Abuja, Amak market Shop 157 Elugbe, Abuja.

 

“Later on, business started folding up; with the little proceeds I was having, I was able to buy a Toyota Camry with registration number TDU72RE last year May in Lagos.

 

“After then, when business started crumbling, I came back to Warri to see if I can venture into my business and along with that, to see if I can continue doing the Internet fraud I was doing then.

“When I started, I registered two accounts last year.

 

Some friends of mine started giving me their hangout to enable me talk to their work so if any profit comes out I will be able to split it 50-50 with them.

 

“And for some couple of days, I have been talking to some work of my friends. And in a hangout account, there was one that has some few work and I can remember the names of those two; Colet and Jason, but none of them has given me any money yet.

 

“I know Internet fraudster is a crime. My mum does not know that I’m doing it; she only knows that I’m doing business,” he narrated.

 

Monday Oghenevworo, the sixth suspect, said he was from Okpara Inland Ethiope East Local Government Area and studied Geo Physics in one of the tertiary institutions in Delta.

 

“I’m into Internet fraud. I started last year. A friend of mine named Uyi introduced me to it. I have defrauded almost over N5 million and a woman from Finland paid the money.

 

“I’m using a white man’s picture to do the Internet fraud. I cannot use my picture because if I use it, no white woman would want to talk to me.

 

“My yahoo name is Ozin Osbond. I told my client that I’m a musician and I told her that I want to organise a show in the United kingdom and she should send me money. She eventually sent me the money and I shared it with my Oga Uyi who lives in Benin.

 

“Currently, I’m using the money I got from her in building a house for my dad. And I also spent some of the money in the orphanage homes.

 

“I also give money to people who ask for my help, and I also bought a Lexus 330 from it. And bought it in Ibadan because it’s cheaper there, I bought it for N3.5 million.

 

“I’m a member of human rights group, CDHR, Delta State chapter. I don’t know that doing Internet fraud as a human right activist is an offence.

 

“My members in the human rights activism don’t know that I’m a fraudster. The house that I’m building for my father, even though I have not completed, it I have spent over N2 million,” he revealed.

 

In a reaction to the confessions, the CDHR Chairman in Delta State, Prince Kehinde Taiga said the association was open to everybody but does not tolerate criminal activities among its members.

 

He said since the membership was free for all, it was difficult to thoroughly ascertain the actual pastime or occupation of intending members except based on what they had filled in their membership forms.

 

Taiga, who swiftly identified Terry Jigbale and Ugochukwu Okeke as his members from CDHR Units in Delta said he was aware of the suspects’ arrest and subsequent confessions which, he claimed was obtained without the presence of their lawyers.

 

He equally described the act of eliciting confessional statements from the suspects by security agents as unprofessional and unlawful.

 

Taiga added that CDHR has its own internal mechanism of prosecuting its erring members and does not shield them from prosecution.

 

National president of CDHR, Comrade Malachy Ugwummadu, when contacted on phone, said in any large organization like the CDHR, there was no way there would not be one bad egg or the other, adding that the reporter should not be overexcited on the allegation.

 

Taiga promised to investigate the matter and ascertain its veracity with a view to addressing the situation.