The Zonal Head, Johnson Babalola
disclosed this today in Enugu at a press conference to brief the media and
other stakeholders on the activities of the zone since January 2016.
Babalola further disclosed that Nine
Hundred and Fifty Five Thousand ,Four Hundred and Sixty Five United State
Dollars ($955,465 USD); Ten Thousand Euro( €10,000) and Three Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty Eight
Chinese RMB were also recovered by the zone .
Among assets forfeited, he disclosed, is
the sum of One Hundred and Thirty Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty United
States Dollars ($130,750) which has been paid into the coffers of the Federal
Government.
On the cases being handled by the zone,
he stated that a total of 522 cases are currently under investigation, 36
of those cases have been concluded and charged to various courts in the
Southeast region for prosecution .
Babalola further revealed that among the cases currently
being investigated by the zone was that of over Four Billion Naira Advance
Fee Fraud involving Chief Patrick Nwokike of “Let's Partner With
You” and another Nine Billion Naira ( N9,000,000,000) involving one Joshua
Morah (chief executive officer of Borec
Services.
He advised members of the public to be
wary of the activities of fraudsters who disguise as poverty alleviators to fleece
people of their hard earned monies.
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