The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday September 16, 2015 arrested the trio of Yakubu Dankaba (aka Yakubu Hamisu), Yahaya Baba and Usman Abdulhakeem (aka Chairman) at Area 3 of Garki District, Abuja
for their involvement in a N20 million fraud.
The suspects allegedly posed
as operatives of the EFCC with the aim of extorting N20 million from the FCT
Water Board director. They had written a letter to him, purported to be from
the EFCC, and notified him of being under investigation.
They however, offered to
help him quash the investigation, if he could part with the sum of N20 million.
Suspecting that he was about
to be swindled, the director alerted the EFCC, which swung into action, and
caught the three suspects in their own web of tricks.
They will be charged to
court as soon as investigations are completed.
The EFCC has consistently
warned members of the public to desist from offering money to persons claiming
to be officials of the Commission and influence to interfere with ongoing
investigations by the Commission. Solicitation for gratification by both fake
and genuine officers of the agency should be reported to any office of the EFCC
in the zones or the nearest police station.
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