YAHOO BOYS STORM PRIVATE ESTATE IN ABUJA .... Estate Security Battles Several Hours To Prevent Their Entry.

The suspected Yahoo Boys Dressed In White

"The suspected fraudsters, most of who were carrying leather bags suspected to be holding dangerous weapons, insisted that they were going to attend a birthday party at a house on Gold Street.

"Curiously, the particular residence is in the vicinity of the Embassy of the Democratic Arab Republic within the estate." 

Over 40 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as "Yahoo boys" late on Friday night, stormed a popular private housing estate, the Abuja Mab Global Estate located in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

This invasion is coming barely 24 hours after two military personnel were arrested for harassing civilian security men as they attempted to breach the estate’s security.

Dressed in white, the suspected internet fraudsters, made attempts to gain entrance into the estate around 11:45p.m., but a team of the security personnel of the estate manning the gates, prevented them from doing so.

When asked by the vigilant security men at the gate on the purpose of their visit and to what particular house was expecting them, they could not provide proper information which necessitated  the estate security to refuse them  them entry into the estate.

However, when all attempts to gain entry into the estate failed, they initial group left but only to return at about 2:30am with a stronger presence in a convoy of 15 cars, carrying over 40 people in white.

A security personnel narrated that they became aggressive, as they attempted to forcibly penetrate the estate.

"The suspected fraudsters, most of who were carrying leather bags suspected to be holding dangerous weapons, insisted that they were going to attend a birthday party at a house on Gold Street.

"Curiously, the particular residence is in the vicinity of the Embassy of the Democratic Arab Republic within the estate." The personnel revealed.

The security men were adamant in their resistance, saying the said house was a private residence and not a commercial apartment building.

But the suspected fraudsters insisted that the gate must be opened even as they started a struggle with the civilian security men.

An agitated Chief Security Officer of the Estate Mr. Denis Omala, had to call in all his men numbering over 50 to prevent the strange men from breaching the peace of the estate.

The senior member of the estate’s leadership had to rush to the gate late in the night to ensure that the young men were turned back as their intentions were not known.

He urged the residents to be more vigilant because of the recurrent attempt to breach the security of the estate.