The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have arrested a fake official of the State House in Abuja and other suspects for employment scam.
Disclosing this in a statement on Friday, EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said the suspects were nabbed for alleged criminal conspiracy, false representation and employment scam.
He identified the culprits as Augustine Enamegbai Umogboi, Eleojo Josephine Idakwo, Kingsley Onuh.
While Umogboi claimed to be a former Aso Rock staff, Idakwo claimed to be a fake staff of the Ministry of Information in the Registry Unit, while Onuh was said to have concluded his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
“The suspects were arrested separately following investigation on petitions by various victims who were promised jobs as “Directors General” at the Ministry of Communication, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC and other ministries,” the statement read.
“Others are Omata Sunday and Eljayon Nigeria Limited, one of the companies whose 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 N22,350,000:00k (Twenty Two million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) only, from different victims.
“Umogboi was arrested on June 16, 2024, Idakwo was arrested on April 30, 2024, while Onuh was arrested on April 3, 2024. Many victims narrated their bitter experiences in a series of petitions written to the EFCC.”
