EFCC Alerts Public, Charges 2 Over Impersonation.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has alerted the public over rising cases of syndicates working in parts of the country, using the name of the Commission and some of its officials to extort money from highly-placed individuals.
The Commission at a news briefing by its spokesman, Femi Babafemi said the activities of the criminally minded syndicates are reinforced by the recent high-profile cases being handled by the Commission.
He however assured the public that the EFCC chairman, Farida Waziri had already set up teams “to trail, burst and arrest members of these syndicates”.
According to him, three of such syndicates have been burst and some of their members arrested by the Commission.
He disclosed that one of the leaders of such syndicates already in the net of the EFCC has been posturing as Mohd Alameen Alhaleel, Alameen Yar’Adua, Mohd Alameen Garba and Mohd Alameen Suleiman, with claims of alleged relationship with former President Yar’Adua and Vice President Namadi Sambo.
The suspect, the Commission explained, had succeeded in obtaining the sum of N50million from one of the accused persons in the Pension scam case the EFCC is prosecuting in court, before he was nabbed recently in Kaduna.
Another suspect also paraded, Fidelis Terseer Iorongo was said to have been parading himself as an EFCC official with a fake identity card through which he has been extorting money from job seekers with the promise of getting them employment in EFCC.
In a related development, the EFCC on Tuesday arraigned two alleged impersonators: Afolabi Williams and Ekundayo Rotimi Sunday on a two count charge bordering on fraud and impersonation before Justice J. Y Tukur of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
The Commission had sought leave of the court on September 9, 2011, to file criminal charges against the accused persons.
When the accused were arraigned today, Justice Tukur granted leave to the EFCC to read the two count charge to which, the accused persons pleaded not guilty.
Thereafter, the prosecution counsel, Ayokunle Fayanju asked for an adjournment to enable him commence the trial of the accused persons.
He also urged the court to remand the accused persons in Kuje prison as the EFCC could not accommodate them in its cell.
The defence counsel, B. O Nafagha, pleaded with the court to remand the accused persons in EFCC custody, claiming that Kuje prison will not be too good for their heath and that they are presumed innocent until after the trial.
After listening to both counsels, the presiding judge adjourned the case till November 10, 2011 for hearing and ordered that they be remanded in Kuje prison.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has alerted the public over rising cases of syndicates working in parts of the country, using the name of the Commission and some of its officials to extort money from highly-placed individuals.
The Commission at a news briefing by its spokesman, Femi Babafemi said the activities of the criminally minded syndicates are reinforced by the recent high-profile cases being handled by the Commission.
He however assured the public that the EFCC chairman, Farida Waziri had already set up teams “to trail, burst and arrest members of these syndicates”.
According to him, three of such syndicates have been burst and some of their members arrested by the Commission.
He disclosed that one of the leaders of such syndicates already in the net of the EFCC has been posturing as Mohd Alameen Alhaleel, Alameen Yar’Adua, Mohd Alameen Garba and Mohd Alameen Suleiman, with claims of alleged relationship with former President Yar’Adua and Vice President Namadi Sambo.
The suspect, the Commission explained, had succeeded in obtaining the sum of N50million from one of the accused persons in the Pension scam case the EFCC is prosecuting in court, before he was nabbed recently in Kaduna.
Another suspect also paraded, Fidelis Terseer Iorongo was said to have been parading himself as an EFCC official with a fake identity card through which he has been extorting money from job seekers with the promise of getting them employment in EFCC.
In a related development, the EFCC on Tuesday arraigned two alleged impersonators: Afolabi Williams and Ekundayo Rotimi Sunday on a two count charge bordering on fraud and impersonation before Justice J. Y Tukur of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
The Commission had sought leave of the court on September 9, 2011, to file criminal charges against the accused persons.
When the accused were arraigned today, Justice Tukur granted leave to the EFCC to read the two count charge to which, the accused persons pleaded not guilty.
Thereafter, the prosecution counsel, Ayokunle Fayanju asked for an adjournment to enable him commence the trial of the accused persons.
He also urged the court to remand the accused persons in Kuje prison as the EFCC could not accommodate them in its cell.
The defence counsel, B. O Nafagha, pleaded with the court to remand the accused persons in EFCC custody, claiming that Kuje prison will not be too good for their heath and that they are presumed innocent until after the trial.
After listening to both counsels, the presiding judge adjourned the case till November 10, 2011 for hearing and ordered that they be remanded in Kuje prison.
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