An alleged criminal conspiracy, false representation, and employment scam led to the arrest of a syndicate of fictitious State House staff in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) agents.
Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
The victim had petitioned for jobs in various Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), and he said that after an investigation, commission agents arrested the suspects individually.
He claimed that the suspects had promised the victims positions as “Director-General” at the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Ministry of Communication, and other ministries.
The spokesman listed the suspects to include Augustine Umogboi, who claimed to be a former staff of the State House and Eleojo Idakwo, a fake staff of the Ministry of Information in the Registry Unit.
Others are Kingsley Onuh who also claimed to just conclud his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Omata Sunday and Eljayon Nigeria Limited, one of the companies which the bank account they were using to get money from their victims.
“Besides, they had different account numbers of different banks through which they were receiving the money amounting to N22,350,000 from different victims.
He stated, “Onuh was arrested on April 3, Umogboi was arrested on June 16, and Idakwo was arrested on April 30, 2024.
“The suspects have given useful information to the EFCC and will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigation,” he said, citing the victims’ detailed accounts of their painful experiences in a series of petitions written to the agency.
Published by Ejoh Caleb
