Fake EFCC operative arrested over plot to swindle NUC boss
The Economic and
Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has arrested a suspected fraudster,
Olu Adebanjo, over a failed attempt to swindle the Executive Secretary
of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie, the
sum of N3 million.
Adebanjo, who
allegedly claimed to be an operative of EFCC, is said to head a
syndicate that extorts money from people in the guise of clearing them
of non-existent petitions purportedly brought against them at the
anti-graft commission.
According to a
statement made available to The AUTHORITY by EFCC and signed by its
spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, the long arm of the law caught up with
Adebanjo while trying to withdraw the N3 million paid in by Prof. Okojie
from a bank.
Parts of the
statement read: “The 45-year-old businessman was arrested on June 17,
2016 in a failed attempt to swindle Professor Julius A. Okojie,
Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission of N3million to
clear him of a purported corruption allegation.
“The complainant
(Okojie), who also alerted the Commission of the activities of
fraudsters impersonating him to defraud vice chancellors of various
universities, was advised to play along.
“Consequently, the suspect (Adebanjo) was arrested while trying to cash ‘the money’ from one of the new generation banks.”
The statement added that the suspected fraudster would soon be charged to court as soon as further investigation is concluded.
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