Dare Babalola
The Delta State Police Command announces the arrest of two suspects and the rescue of seven male victims who were being held captive by an organised internet fraud group, identified as “Hustlers Kingdom”, in the Warri area of the state.
SP Bright Edafe, spokesperson of the police command, shared via X (formerly Twitter) Saturday that on November 17, one victim specifically reported being lured into the apartment.
Edafe wrote, “We received a complaint from one of the boys who said he was deceived into the apartment, which he later discovered to be Hustlers Kingdom (HK), and whenever they don’t get a paying client, they use a cane (koboko) to flog them. You need to see the boy’s back.
“Operatives of QRS swiftly responded and stormed the apartment, rescued seven boys being held against their will, and arrested the two suspects who call themselves ‘chairmen”
The video showed bundles of cane, phones and laptops being used by the group for the business, with one of the “chairmen” confessing that they were into internet fraud commonly called “yahoo.”
Two of the victims, aged 28 and 23, also confessed to being starved and flogged by the “chairmen” with visible marks on their bodies.
The police spokesperson issued a stern warning against such heinous acts, emphasising that the command will not tolerate or condone any form of abduction, exploitation, or coercion.
