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Get-Rich-Quick Scheme Land Two in EFCC’s Net in Maiduguri
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a self-acclaimed spiritualist, Mallam Ayu Sugum, for allegedly inducing one Abubakar Mustapha Bakura to steal N2.9million (Two Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira) from his employer under the guise of carrying out a spiritual exercise to make him rich.
He was arrested in a house situated at Pompomari Bypass, Maiduguri, Borno State after his name came up in the course of investigating a petition from Bakura’s employer. Bakura was the one who, under interrogation, mentioned Sugum as the beneficiary of the monies he stole from his employer.
EFCC Academy Organizes Training for Staff In Lagos
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's Academy, is organizing a five-day capacity training for officers of the Commission in the Southern Zone as a way of equipping them with the required skills to carry out their duties.
Speaking during the opening of the training at the Conference Hall of the Lagos Zonal Command of EFCC on Monday, August 23, 2021, Ahmed Ghali, Zonal Commander, said the new EFCC places great importance to training and personal development of its staff.
EFCC Charges Corps Members Against Corruption
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on August 20, 2021 called on Youth Corps’ members to promote popular participation in the fight against corruption.
The call was made by the Head, Public Affairs Department, Makurdi Zonal Command of the EFCC, Adeniran Adebayo, during an enlightenment and sensitization campaign on the role of youth in fighting corruption at the Benue State University, Makurdi.
He said the enlightenment campaign was to engender public ownership of the fight against corruption and urged participants to desist from all forms of internet fraud.
Court Jails Man for Romance Scam in Abuja
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A 25-year-old man, Yusuf Adekunle Amuda was Thursday, August 19, 2021 sentenced to six months imprisonment for internet fraud.
Yusuf allegedly defrauded a Chinese woman of the sum of N2 Million (Two Million Naira) over a phony romantic relationship in the social media where he presented himself as a Sino-American Military Officer on a peace-keeping mission in Syria.
He employed the false identity to extort various sums of money from his victim.
EFCC Explains Presence of Operatives at Dorothy Bachor’s House
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The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been drawn to a post on Instagram by one Dorothy Bachor, alleging that operatives of the Commission broke into her home in the early hours of today, 23rd August, 2021
The Commission can confirm that operatives from the Lagos Command of the Commission, acting on verified intelligence, executed a Search Warrant at a block of flats located in the Lekki area of Lagos on Monday, 23rd August, 2021 during which nine internet fraud suspects were arrested.
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