Three fraudsters who have been parading themselves as the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, have been arrested by the anti-graft agency after they had defrauded many unsuspecting Nigerians of huge sums of money.
According to the EFCC, the trio of Chukwuma Charles Eze, Ogechi Emeka Okwuosa and Iheoma Miriam Anokwuru, were picked up after they had attempted to scam the Chairman of the Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Prince Casmir I. Ajulu, of the sum of N16 million, while pretending to be Magu.
In a statement confirming the arrest of the fraudsters, the Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said:
“According
to Ajulu, the suspects allegedly sent a text message to his mobile
phone on March 26, 2016, requesting a list of the names of House of
Representatives designates who wanted their
Certificates of Return for
the last election held in the state.
The
suspects also allegedly sent some text messages to Ajulu, assuring him
that Magu had contacted the Chairman of Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, over the matter."
"Given Ajulu’s reluctance to meet their demand, the suspects, however, allegedly threatened to deal with him.
The suspects were, however, arrested in a sting operation by operatives of the Commission.”
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