Nigeria, April 8 -- Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a self-acclaimed football agent, Osagie Etinosa, over an alleged ₦11 million fraud in Benin City, Edo State.

The anti-graft agency, in a statement issued by its Benin Zonal Directorate on Wednesday, said the suspect was apprehended through intelligence gathering and digital tracking.

According to the EFCC, Mr Etinosa allegedly posed on social media as a football intermediary, using an Instagram account identified as @officialking_etto to present himself as a link between aspiring Nigerian footballers and foreign clubs.

Investigators said the suspect specialised in promising overseas trials and professional opportunities to unsuspec...