50% Of Social Media Influencers & Skit Makers Are Into Yahoo – Twitter Reacts To #Adeherself Arrest

The trending topic in Nigeria this morning is the news of the arrest of a popular social media influencer, Adedamola Adewale who is known as AdeHerself on Twitter. 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had picked up and paraded Adeherself alongside four others for involvement in cybercrime.

According to EFCC, Adeherself is actually a male who poses as a female on social media to hoodwink her foreign preys.

Read the official statement released by EFCC below:

EFCC Arrests Social Media Influencer, Four Others for Internet Fraud The EFCC Lagos Zonal Office, has arrested five alleged internet fraudsters, including one Adedamola Adewale, a self-acclaimed social media influencer, for their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud.

The five suspects were apprehended in different areas of Lagos during a raid by operatives.

While Adewale, 20, and his accomplice, Lamina Hamzat Ajibola, were arrested at the Agungi area of Lekki, Lagos State, the trio of Israel Onyebuchi, Emmanuel Olayode and Valentine Nwokorie were picked up at the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State.

The arrest of Adewale and Ajibola was the sequel to intelligence linking them to online fraudulent activities with two brothers, Lasisi Wasiu Adeleke and Lasisi Riliwan Adeniyi, who are at large. They were arrested at a four-bedroom duplex belonging to the two run-away fraudsters.

Intelligence also linked them with alleged flamboyant lifestyles. During interrogation, Adewale, a self-acclaimed model, who goes by the username @adeherself on Instagram, confessed to being a  picker” in cybercrimes. He usually poses as a lady to hoodwink her foreign “preys”.

Items recovered from the suspects include two Toyota Camry 2009 model cars, and a sum of N9,000,000.00 (Nine Million Naira only), which was found in Adewale’s account.

The other suspects;  Onyebuchi,  Olayode and  Nwokorie were arrested for their alleged involvement in a romance scam.  They were arrested during another raid, following a separate intelligence.

Investigation revealed that Nwokorie was posing as a female American citizen and sending photos as a porn star to defraud his victim while  Onyebuchi was engaging in a love scam as well as forging foreign cheques.

Items recovered from the suspects include laptops and mobile phones. All the suspects will soon be arraigned in court as soon as investigations are concluded.

Twitter Nigeria is currently in an outburst over the arrest of Adeherself with so many wild reactions.

See some of the reactions below:

https://twitter.com/iamtobility/status/1273151733309607936

https://twitter.com/007Cardinal/status/1273147518302523398

https://twitter.com/DE_COMMUNICATOR/status/1273162903449993216