EFCC arrests fake State House staff over alleged employment scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a syndicate of fake State House Staff for alleged employment scam.
The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
He said the commission’s operatives arrested the suspects separately following an investigation on petitions by victims, who were promised jobs in various Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs).
The suspects, according to the spokesman, promised the victims jobs as “Director-General” at the Ministry of Communication, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), and other ministries.
He 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 that he just concluded his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Omata Sunday, and Eljayon Nigeria Limited.
Oyewale said: “Besides, they had different account numbers of different banks through which they were receiving the money amounting to N22,350,000 from different victims.
“Umogboi was arrested on June 16, Idakwo was arrested on April 30, 2024, while Onuh was arrested on April 3.
“The victims narrated their bitter experience in a series of petitions written to the EFCC.
“The suspects have given useful information to the EFCC and will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigation.”
The post EFCC arrests fake State House staff over alleged employment scam appeared first on Latest Nigeria News | Top Stories from TVN.