EFCC Operatives
Fraudsters Jailed
EFCC Operatives
Fraudsters Jailed for Computer-based Fraud in
Makurdi
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi
zonal office on Friday 13 September, 2019 secured the conviction of
five persons for various fraud offenses.
The convicts, Charles Chijioke Iwu, Ademoyegun Dare Samson,
Quarshe Fredrick Nnamdi, Nuhu Clarkson Usman and Emmanuel Adakole
Ogbole were jailed for electronic card fraud, cybercrime, ATM fraud
and Internet fraud respectively.
The convicts were prosecuted before Justice Nkeonye Maha of the
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
Following a plea bargain agreement between the convicts and the
prosecution , they were re-arraigned on separate amended charges
bordering on possession of documents containing false
pretenses.
They pleaded “guilty”to the charges.
In view of their pleas, the prosecuting counsel, Mary Onoja and
George G. Chia-Yakua, urged the Court to accept the plea bargain
agreement and convict the defendants accordingly.
Justice Maha consequently convicted and sentenced them to
various terms of imprisonment ranging from three to six months with
options of varying fines.
The convicts are also to forfeit various items like phones,
laptops and money to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Also, the Court ordered the convicts to sign an undertaking to
be of good behaviour and never to be involved in any form of fraud
within and outside the country.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media and Publicity
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EFCC on the Trail of Those Ripping off FG’s N-SIP
Programme-Magu
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Sunday, September 15, 2019
disclosed that the Commission was hot on the heels of those behind
the fraudulent activities, plaguing the National Social Investment
Programmes (N-SIP) in Borno and Yobe States.
Magu made this known as the Deputy Head of Maiduguri Zonal
Office of the EFCC, Hamza Ridwan, represented him in a live Hausa
programme of the Maiduguri-based Radio Nigeria Peace FM.
According to EFCC boss, “Based on complaints that were received
during a forum on increasing transparency and participation in the
implementation of N-SIP, the EFCC is working closely with some
stakeholders with the aim of fishing out the culprits in the school
feeding and other programmes.”
He further revealed that “The EFCC being a critical stakeholder
in the implementation of N-SIP is currently investigating some
individuals on some sharp practices involving farmer monies in
Borno and Yobe states.”
While urging the general public to give vital information to the
EFCC that would enable it carry out proper investigations and
possible prosecution, he called on Parent Teachers Association
(PTA) to be involved in the monitoring and evaluation of the
federal government’s school feeding programme for the realisation
of the objectives.
State director, National Orientation Agency, Yahay Imam, who was
part of the radio programme charged the programme officer, School
Feeding Programme, Hajia Zara Bukar to be more transparent because
of the trust bestowed on her by the federal government.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity