EFCC nabs fake State House workers over alleged N22 million employment scam
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes commission have arrested a syndicate of fake State House employees in Abuja for alleged criminal conspiracy, false representation and employment scam.
The commission’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
He said operatives of the commission arrested the suspects separately following investigation on petitions by victims, who were promised jobs in various ministries, departments and agencies.
The suspects, he said, promised the victims jobs as “director-general” at the Ministry of Communication, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Federal Road Safety Corps and other ministries.
The spokesman listed the suspects to include Augustine Umogboi, who claimed to be a former employee of the State House and Eleojo Idakwo, a fake worker at the Ministry of Information in the Registry Unit.
Others are Kingsley Onuh who also claimed to have just completed the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps, Omata Sunday and Eljayon Nigeria Limited; one of the companies whose bank account they used to fleece their victims.
He said, “Besides, they had different account numbers of different banks through which they were receiving the money amounting to N22,350,000 from different victims. Umogboi was arrested on June 16, Idakwo was arrested on April 30, 2024, while Onuh was arrested on April 3.’’
He said that the victims narrated their bitter experience in a series of petitions to the EFCC, adding that, “the suspects have given useful information to the EFCC and will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigation.”
(NAN)
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