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Cybercrime: 11 Chinese plotting to distabilise Nigeria arraigned in Court

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The 11 Chinese nationals who were accused of plotting to distabilise Nigeria have been formally arraigned before the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday.

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They are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over allegations of cyber fraud, identity theft, and an attempt to destabilise Nigeria’s constitutional structure.

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The High Court Judge ordered that they should be remanded in the Correctional Centre, after they pleaded not guilty to the charges.

CAPITAL POST recalled their arraignment was coming in less than 23 hours after the EFCC arraigned 42 Chinese and Filipinos for similar offences before the same Federal High Court in Lagos.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission explained that the Chinese nationals were arrested during a raid code named “Eagle Flush Operation”, on December 19, 2024 in Lagos, and after their not guilty plea, the Justice of the Federal High Court, Chukwujekwu Aneke ordered that they should be remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, Lagos.

The defendants are Wang Xiong Wei (alias Xiao Bai), Chen Dong Dong (alias Cun Zhao), Chen Yuan (alias Xiao Doa), Wu Yuan An (alias Zeng Niu), Wang Gong Lin (alias Wang Jing Lin), and Weng Mao Rong (alais A Xiang).

All the accused were arraigned on separate charges that bothers on cybercrimes, cyberterrorism, possession of fraudulent documents, and identity theft which they recruited Nigerian youths for fraud schemes.

Additionally, five other Chinese nationals, Liu Ke Fan (alias Lina, Lui Chen), Huang Hai Tao, Zhang Jian Feng, Wu A Wang, and Xiao Xin, were charged before the court.

In one of the charges, the EFCC accused Liu Ke Fan of impersonating a 28-year-old American named Lina, living in Germany, as part of a romance scam and cryptocurrency fraud operation.

Prosecutors alleged that in December 2024, Liu Ke Fan, “with intent to gain advantage for himself and members of his criminal syndicate group, fraudulently impersonated a U.S. citizen using a fake profile on his company’s Maya desktop computer.”

The EFCC further told the court that the defendant “willfully provided false information during an investigation, falsely presenting himself as Liu Chen to mislead investigators and conceal his involvement in a criminal syndicate specializing in romance scams, cryptocurrency fraud, and cyberterrorism.”

According to the anti-graft agency, the defendants belong to a syndicate of 792 individuals engaged in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scams.

The defendants were arrested on December 19, 2024, in Lagos during a surprise operation codenamed “Eagle Flush Operation” conducted by EFCC operatives.

EFCC prosecutors, M.K. Bashir and R.A. Abdulrasheed, informed the court that on or about December 18, 2024, the accused persons “willfully accessed computer systems with the intent to destabilise Nigeria’s constitutional structure by procuring and employing Nigerian youths for identity theft, falsely representing them as foreign nationals to gain financial advantage.”

The commission also accused them of “willfully providing false information to EFCC officers during investigations into their alleged cyber fraud activities.”

The EFCC stated that their actions violate Sections 18 and 27 of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015 (as amended in 2024), and Section 39(2) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004.

After hearing the charges, the defendants pleaded not guilty.

Following their pleas, Justice Aneke ordered their remand at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre pending trial.

The court adjourned the case to February 21 and March 7, 2025.

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Police foils abduction of passengers along Ayere road

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The Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, attached to Police Mobile Force, 70 Squadron, Kabba today Friday 14th March, 2025 foiled abduction of passengers along Ayere road. This is consequent upon a distress that some armed hoodlums blocked the road in an attempt to abduct some passengers in a Vehicle.

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On receipt of the distress call, reinforcement teams from Sharper Corner pindown were promptly mobilized and sent to the scene which equally engaged the hoodlums, and owing to the superior fire power of the Police, the hoodlums fled into the bush and abandoned their victims who were rescued by the Police.

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The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, CP Miller G. Dantawaye, has ordered the deployment of additional operational and tactical assets of the Command to embark on thorough combing of the surrounding bushes with a view to apprehending the hoodlums and bringing them to deserved justice.

The CP while commending the unwavering dedication by the men of 70 PMF, Kabba, assured the public that the Police will not rest on its oars in the fight against criminality in the State.

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Akogun Elijah Adeogun calls on IGP Egbetokun to investigate land speculators over blackmail, murder charges against him

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Mr Akogun Elijah Adeogun is calling on the Inspector General of Police IGP Kayode Egbetokun to come to his rescue and investigate blackmail and murder charges levelled against him by land speculators in Osuke Ogun state

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Mr Adeogun n stated that his trouble started with the land speculators after he was selected as a member of the Land committee in Living Faith Church as the land speculators linking him to the unrest in Osuke community are unhappy since he become a member of the land committee.

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Mr. Adeogun who spoke during a press conference in Abuja said those linking him to the unrest in Osuke which claimed the life of one Obasanjo Jinadu Saheed have resorted to blackmail and using the police to arrest him incessantly despite the fact he was not in Osuke community when the incident happened as well as the fact that he has no hand in the incident.

He said ‘ This issue started about three week ago after I was selected by the Living Faith Tabernacle church aka Winners Chapel Ota as a member of the church’s Land Committee . I am not from Osuke community .

“I am from Ilasa community. I have been to Osuke only once in my life . I don’t have a land in Osuke community and I am not the Winners Chapel that owns land in the area. I was included in the Land Committee three weeks ago because they got wind of the kind of job I do. We were having a meeting of the committee where it was resolved that everyone should steer clear of all the lands belonging to the church at least for now because despite having a subsisting court injunction which was gotten on the lands, the land speculators still continued to dredge the land for commercial purposes. So, it was resolved that we should write a petition to that effect.

We were at Police command at Elewaran Ogun state last week for the petition we wrote on the case while one Ibrahim Ibuoye also wrote his own petition. It was at the DCP’s office we resolved through an undertaking that all parties should maintain status quo on the land as the court ruled. Is Winners land a plot of land or half plot of land that I can encroach with the aim of selling? So, how will I go there to cause trouble?”

Speaking on the blackmail and concerted efforts to malign him using the police, Mr. Akogun said ”I was in court on Monday February 24th when the blackmail started. . One Mr. Julius Aghahowa called me that he heard there was shooting at Osuke community and I asked him of what concern that is to me and told him not to call my line again. When I returned from court in the evening, I got another call from Zone 2 police command Onikan Lagos because Winners’Church land matter is being handled there with the IGP Monitoring Unit, so I told them that they should call Winners because I don’t have land in Osuke community and I am not at loggerheads with anyone in the community. My role in Winner’s land committee is just to advise them on what to do to resolve the land dispute they have with land speculators.

“After I returned from the Magistrates’ court in Ota , I found out about the news report linking me to the unrest and killing of one Obasanjo Jinadu Saheed at Osuke community . I was shocked as I was not in anywhere near Osuke community that fateful day. The matter was reported at the Elewaran police Headquarters in Ogun state and the police went to the court to investigate and they found out that I was indeed in the court when the unrest and killing took place in Osuke community. I am very sad that due to my membership as a land committer member of my church, some land speculators are out to destroy my name and link me to a terrible crime like murder. I have learnt that they have petitioned the Assistant Inspect General of Police AIG Zone 2 Onikan Lagos to arrest me .

“This is all in a bid to continue to soil my reputation. I will not hesitate to report these persons to the police authority over this blackmail and linking me to murder. I am therefore appealing to the IGP Egbetokun to save me from these desperate land speculators as I call for a thorough investigation into this matter because I am innocent’’

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Tension as unknown gunmen whisk away female police officer’s husband on his birthday

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The abduction of Mr Chinedu Nwachukwu in Port Harcourt city metropolis on his birthday being Sunday has continued to generate reactions as the security issues within south East and Rivers State gets messier day after day.

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It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 7:15pm along Chuba-Ozuoba road when some faceless armed men apprehended Mr Chinedu an Architect and renown husband to the gallant police officer whose life has been threatened over the years after leading an operation to raid a group of armed robbery gang in Abia State.

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According to an eye witness who pleaded anonymity said the “9th, March 2025 remains one of the horrible day in his life as the level of insecurity in South-East and South-South went worst.”

Speaking to news men, he expressed dissatisfaction over the tension created by men of the underworld in the region.

Another eyewitness Mrs Julia said, she was dumbfounded how the architect was abducted on his birthday.

According to her, “I saw Mr Chinedu with two people I believed to be his friends or clients when they were going to the site this morning along Chuba-Ozuoba road because, I know him as an Architect.

“He had handled a project for someone I know and I have seen him on site when I come around to sell food.”

Narrating further, she said “It was around 7:15pm, I was coming back from market, and saw him again in same area but he was walking alone when returning from site.

“We exchanged pleasantries when he told me today is his birthday, which I congratulated him then we departed. Not few distance from me, a blue Sienna car, I never notice just drove down towards him and three masked men with arms came down from the car and dragged him into the car while they drove off speedily before crowd could gather.

She said the only thing she could hear them saying was from a distance was “where is your wife?”

In the meantime, the police are yet to react or make any statement as of the time of filing this report although, earlier police report shows that the wife to the abducted husband of the female Police Officer, Mrs Blessing Gyabensawa has been on the news, crying over threat to her life and that of her family members by some faceless gang.

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