The EFCC in a statement, said the 17-year-old boy was rescued on July 1 from an apartment in Mpape, a suburb of Abuja.
Peter contacted the anti-graft agency through its Twitter account,@officialEFCC, on Friday, 1st of July and he narrated how some suspected internet fraudsters (yahoo boys) kidnapped him with the intention of using him for money rituals.
In a series of tweets, the boy wrote:
“Good afternoon sir, I called the EFCC number and lay some complaints about some yahoo boys intending using me for ritual and he said I should send a screenshot of the location
The house is in Mpape, but don’t know the exact place so check google map and save the screenshot. I’m in the bathroom because I don’t want his boys to know what I’m doing. My name is Destiny Peter and the place is Mpape. I don’t know the actual place but I used google maps and the people in the house now are his boys. Hold on let me try and do a video, sir”.
He was subsequently instructed to send a screenshot of his location to the EFCC using the Google Location App on his smartphone.
Upon getting the Twitter SOS, the commission mobilzed a team of operatives to rescue the boy from the identified location in Mpape.
On getting to the house, they found Peter locked up in a room and met four other suspects who were arrested.
They are; Aboaba David, 16, Isaac Johnson, 18, In-house cook, Miracle Moses, 20, and leader of the syndicate, Jamilu Aliyu, 20, popularly known as Jamilu Smith.
While being interrogated, Peter revealed that he was threatened by Jamilu Smith, who told him that if he was not able to cash out (defraud) victims within two weeks, he would be sacrificed for rituals.
https://www.premierupdate.com.ng/2022/07/efcc-operatives-rescue-17-yr-old-yahoo.html
