Nigeria, July 28 -- Former Ekiti Central senator, Babafemi Ojudu, has said intensified operations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against suspected internet fraudsters have triggered a mass exodus of young cybercrime suspects from Ekiti State, leaving hotels, lounges, apartments and other businesses in Ado Ekiti struggling with dwindling patronage.

Mr Ojudu, in a post shared on Facebook on Tuesday, said the recent anti-graft operations had exposed what he described as the extent to which parts of the state's urban economy had become reliant on the spending power of suspected internet fraudsters.

His comments come barely two months after the commission opened its new Zonal Directorate office in Ado Ekiti, a move th...