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EFCC Arrests Six Suspected Illegal Oil Bunkerers in Port Harcourt
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested six suspected illegal oil bunkerers.
They were arrested on Saturday, May 2, 2021 at Orije Amadi, Old Government Reservation Area ( G.R.A), Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The suspects: Ggadagri Igho; Taiwo Adepoju; Saviour Ukpong; Evans Dike, Nsikak Magnus and Daniel Uebari were arrested based on verified intelligence and discreet surveillance by the EFCC.
EFCC Kaduna Head Meets Compliance Officers of Banks
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The Kaduna Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Harry Erin on Tuesday, May 5, 2021 met with Compliance Officers of Banks in an effort to improve the synergy and cooperation between the EFCC and the financial institutions in the fight against all forms of criminality within the banking sector.
Erin, in his welcome address thanked the bankers for being able to attend the meeting while charging them to uphold banking ethics, and alert the Commission of any unwholesome practice in the sector.
Reiterating the fact that banks are important stakeholders in the fight against corruption, the Zonal Head however bemoaned delayed response by banks to letters from the Commission.
EFCC Arrests 30 Suspected Yahoo-Yahoo Boys in Ilorin
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Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 arrested 30 internet fraud suspects, also known as Yahoo-Yahoo Boys, in Ilorin, Kwara State.
The suspects include: Adigun Oladapo, Olamilekan Ogunsola, Fuad Abidemi, Haastrup Samuel, Olamide Adeyemi, Akinola Abideen, Ebenezer Haastrup, Kehinde Adeyemi, Quadri Kareem, Abubakar Abdulbashit, Damilola Akinola, Ola-Oluwa Samuel, David Oyewole, Mojereola Toheeb, Isaac Chikezie, Joshua Chiekezie, Abdulsalam Opeyemi and Abawonjo Abdulazeez.
Others are, Ganiyu Olanrewaju, Adeleke Ibrahim, Taiwo Ganiyu, Oke Gideon, Olakunle Adebisi, Ajani Samuel, Joshua Ogizien, Sodiq Olasupo, Olamilekan Mubarak, Adeniyi Olashile, Rotimi Adeyemi and Rasaq Olanrewaju.
EFCC, Navy’s Collaboration Crucial in Tackling Illegal Oil Bunkering- Official
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The Port Harcourt Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Chief Detective Superintendent (CDS), Aliyu Naibi has said that collaboration between the EFCC and Navy remained the most important means of tackling the menace of illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria.
He stated this in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 while delivering a lecture to Students and Staff of Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, who came on a Study Tour of the EFCC. Naibi said that the challenge of illegal oil bunkering and other criminality in the maritime sector could only be tackled through multi- agency approaches.
“Every security agency in the South- South has its distinctive competences and comparative advantages....As a Commission, we are alive to these realities and open to collaboration, partnership and synergy with all sister agencies to achieve mutually beneficial objectives", he said.
EFCC Nabs Impostor for Cloning its E-mail
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested one Udochukwu Ugochukwu Simeon for allegedly creating fraudulent clones of the Commission e-mail address, and using same to defraud unsuspecting victims.
The 26-year-old suspect created an Outlook email account of the Commission, “This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.” and a webmail, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. which he uses to impersonate the EFCC.
Investigation by the Cybercrimes Unit at the Commission’s headquarters, Abuja indicates that the suspect also uses the two fake e-mail accounts to send messages to his victims, while posing as an officer of the Commission trying to help his victims recover their stolen monies.
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