‘Stop dropping Magu’s name’, EFCC warns fraudsters
(Nigeria) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned fraudstarts to stop using the name of its acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
Mr Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesperson in a statement on
Thursday, said “It has come to the attention of EFCC, that some unscrupulous
individuals now parade the streets posing as representatives of the acting
Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, and extorting money from persons under
investigation, promising them a soft-landing and, in some instances, giving
them assurances that their cases would be closed.
“Intelligence available to the Commission indicate that some
of them who are known to have relationships with the acting chairman are
exploiting this knowledge to position themselves as agents of the anti-graft
czar, to extort desperate suspects under investigation by the Commission.
“In the recent past, the Commission notified the public of
the activities of some individuals who cloned the phone number of Magu, using
same to illegally solicit funds. Some even opened fake facebook accounts in the
name of the EFCC boss and proceeded to use same to con unsuspecting citizens.
“But despite the alarms, it would seem that criminal minds
are not deterred as their number seemed to have swelled.
The Commission, for the umpteenth time, wishes to warn
members of the public not to fall for the wiles of fraudsters and scammers
exploiting the good name of the acting EFCC Chairman to defraud desperate
citizens.
“Mr. Magu has not and will never mandate any individual to
demand gratification from persons under investigation. Members of the public
are advised to report anyone who approaches them with a request for
gratification on behalf of the EFCC Chairman, to the nearest EFCC office or
police station,” the statement added.
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