GIFT ROBERTS
Some suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise known as ‘Yahoo boys,’ on Tuesday, blocked the Osogbo/Ilesa road, Ilesa West Local Government Area, to protest continual arrest of their colleagues by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission.
The protest, which nearly paralysed the town, with bonfire set at the entrance of the council offices.
The bonfire also hindered the free flow of traffic along the usually busy road.
According to reports, some of the suspected internet fraudsters had been arrested by EFCC operatives recently.
Some of the protesters, who spoke to express their grievances, claimed that EFCC officials suddenly stormed their hotels, where they were lodged and arrested some of their colleagues.