EFCC: Lekki now hotbed of cyber crime

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Lekki, the fast-developing upper-middle-class area of Lagos Metropolis as the new hub of internet-related fraud.

EFCC, in a statement signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said data from an investigation of activities of the Lagos Command for the second quarter of 2021, “indicates that Lekki District is the preferred location for all manner of cyber fraud syndicates.

He said that between April and June 2021, the Advance Fee Fraud and Cyber Crime Sections of the Command recorded a total of 402 internet-related fraud arrests.

According to him, 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.