{"id":1304,"date":"2026-07-14T00:42:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2026-07-14T00:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:42:56","slug":"delta-police-arrest-four-for-alleged-reckless-driving-internet-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=1304","title":{"rendered":"Delta Police Arrest Four For Alleged Reckless Driving, Internet Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By<\/strong> <strong>Ese<\/strong> <strong>Ivie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Delta State Police Command has arrested four young men, including three teenagers, for reckless driving and alleged involvement in internet fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police Public Relations Officer, SP Edafe Bright, said the suspects aged 18, 19, 19, and 21 were apprehended around midnight on Friday, July 4, 2026, along Okpanam Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers on patrol intercepted a convoy of four luxury vehicles reportedly moving at speeds of about 120 km\/h. The vehicles included two Lexus cars, a Mercedes-Benz, and another Lexus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a video released by the police, the suspects admitted to involvement in internet fraud, commonly called \u201cYahoo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One 19-year-old said he was self-sponsoring his studies in Film and Multimedia at Dennis Osadebay University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SP Bright described the incident as a case of failed parenting and warned against reckless driving funded by illicit wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted similarities to past fatal accidents caused by similar behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video has since gone viral on TikTok, Instagram, X, and Facebook, sparking discussions about youth involvement in cybercrime and public safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspects are expected to face charges for reckless driving and fraud-related offenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ese Ivie The Delta State Police Command has arrested four young men, including three teenagers, for reckless driving and alleged involvement in internet fraud. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Edafe Bright, said the suspects aged 18, 19, 19, and 21 were apprehended around midnight on Friday, July 4, 2026, along Okpanam Road. Officers on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"iawp_total_views":12,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[71,30],"class_list":["post-1304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trendingnews","tag-fraud","tag-insecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1305,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions\/1305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}