A Police inspector and two others have been arrested for operating as agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission while executing a fake Court Order.
Ghali Ahmed, Head of the EFCC Zonal Office in Lagos disclosed this at a press briefing in the Commission’s office, Ikoyi, Lagos.
According to him: “The fraudsters were arrested at New Horizon Estate, Lekki, Lagos, in the middle of their illegal operation to ‘serve’ a Court Order purported to have emanated from the Mushin Magistrate Court, on an unsuspecting victim.”
The three-man gang of Pascal Ugwu Chijoke, Sodiq Ibrahim Adekunle and Edwin Bassey, a Police Inspector, acting as EFCC operatives allegedly stormed the residence of their target wearing fake EFCC branded jackets and identity cards.
Ahmed warned Nigerians to be wary of impostors, using the good name of the Commission to extort
unsuspecting targets.
He urged citizens to be vigilant and report suspicious activities to the Commission.
He assured the public that the Commission was determined to stamp out the activities of impostors.
According to.him: “We will always be ahead of these fraudsters. If they fail to desist, they will face the music.”
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