The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
Gombe Zonal Office is interrogating one Eze Mavus Ugochukwu, a
student of Computer Science, Bauchi State Polytechnic, who defrauds
unsuspecting members of the public by posing as a Lieutenant in the
Nigerian Army.
Ugochukwu, an indigene of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu
State was arrested by the officers of 33 Artillery Brigade of the
Nigerian Army, Shadawanka Barracks, Bauchi State and handed over to
the Gombe Zonal Office of the EFCC for further investigation and
possible prosecution.
His arrest follows a complaint, lodged by one Mrs. Dorcas Oni
that the suspect presented himself to her as a Lieutenant in the
Nigerian Army and told her that he would assist her in securing
admission for her son into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) for
which he made her transfer the sum of N400, 000.00 (Four Hundred
Thousand Naira) to his account.
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In the course of EFCC’s investigation, it was discovered that
the suspect has defrauded some other victims to the tune of N1,
455,000.00 (One Million, Four Hundred and Fifty-Five Thousand
Naira), using the same military bait. All the proceeds of crime
were paid into his two bank accounts domiciled in FCMB and STANBIC
IBTC, between December 2019 and July 2020.
Investigations further revealed that the suspect succeeded in
making his victims believe he was a military officer by
photo-shopping military officers’ uniforms and superimposing the
image of his face on them, complementing the fraud by attaching his
name tag on the uniforms.
He was also discovered to have forged military documents that he
passed off to his victims as genuine in a bid to convince them that
he would secure NDA admission for them.
He will be charged to court as soon as investigations are
concluded.
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