As Nigerians struggle to acquire the National Identity Number, NIN, from offices of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, across the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has alerted the nation to the activities of some unscrupulous persons who are cashing in on the excercise to induce enrollees to sell their NIN for a fee.
EFCC said that the buyers of the numbers were also trading with them to persons whose motives were anything but noble.
“The EFCC wishes to alert Nigerians that it is not only illegal to sell their NIN, they stand the risk of vicarious liability for any act of criminality linked to their NIN.
“In other words, they risk arrest and prosecution for any act of criminality linked to their NIN whether or not they are directly responsible for such crimes,” the Commission said.
The Commission warned members of the public against selling their NIN and to report anyone seeking to buy their NIN, to the nearest office of the EFCC or other law enforcement agencies.
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