{"id":96743,"date":"2022-07-07T18:15:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96743"},"modified":"2022-07-07T18:15:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:15:11","slug":"how-we-rescued-boy-allegedly-kidnapped-by-yahoo-boys-for-rituals-in-abuja-efcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/how-we-rescued-boy-allegedly-kidnapped-by-yahoo-boys-for-rituals-in-abuja-efcc\/","title":{"rendered":"How we rescued boy allegedly kidnapped by yahoo boys for rituals in Abuja \u2013 EFCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1737713565998173157\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, July 1, 2022, rescued an alleged kidnapped yahoo-yahoo apprentice, 17-year-old Destiny Peter from an apartment in Mpape, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAccording to the Commission, Peter had on July 1, 2022 contacted the EFCC on its official twitter handle, @officialEFCC, narrating how some yahoo-yahoo boys kidnapped him and intended to use him for rituals.<\/p>\n<p>He was guided to send a screenshot of his location to the Commission, using the Google Location App in his Android phone.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of tweets, Peter wrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood 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<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe house is in Mpape, but don\u2019t know the exact place so check google map and save the screenshot.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cI\u2019m in the bathroom because I don\u2019t want his boys to know what I\u2019m doing.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cMy name is Destiny Peter and the place is Mpape. I don\u2019t 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\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upon the twitter alert, the EFCC quickly mobilized a team of detectives to the area for his rescue, and they found him locked up in a room.<\/p>\n<p>They rescued him and arrested 16- year-old Aboaba David, 18 \u2013year-old Isaac Johnson, 20- year-old cook, Miracle Moses, a hair stylist, and the leader of the syndicate, 20 \u2013year-old Jamilu Aliyu, popularly known as Jamilu Smith.<\/p>\n<p>During interrogation, Peter said he was threatened by Jamilu Smith, leader of the gang. He further stated that Smith threatened him that if he was not able to cash out (defraud) people within two weeks, he would be sacrificed for rituals<\/p>\n<p>Under interrogation, David said Smith was their leader and recruited them to join him in scouting for potential online dating victims for fraud. All other suspects pointed at Smith as their leader.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, Smith debunked Peter\u2019s claim that he was kidnapped.<\/p>\n<p>He said Peter\u2019s brother brought him to him willingly to teach him bitcoin and gift cards trading.<\/p>\n<p>All the suspects are in EFCC\u2019s custody for further investigation, and would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, July 1, 2022, rescued an alleged kidnapped yahoo-yahoo apprentice, 17-year-old Destiny Peter from an apartment in Mpape, a suburb&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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