Fake EFCC Staff Nabbed
Adetokunbo Fakeye
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday nabbed one Elisha Ankuma for allegedly impersonating a staff of the agency and obtaining by false pretence.
Ankuma’s arrest, according to Wilson Uwujaren, spokesperson for EFCC followed a complaint by one Dr. Audu Shekaro, a childhood friend of the suspect and a staff of National Veterinary Research Institute, Jos, Plateau State that the suspect sometime in November 2015 called to inform him that the EFCC was auctioning vehicles worth N400,000 (four hundred thousand naira).
The complainant, it was learnt said Elisha told him to get in touch with one Aminu Bala for the purchase of a Honda car “End of Discussion,” purportedly being one of the cars to be auctioned by the Commission.
According to Shekaro, a sum of N300, 000 (three hundred thousand naira) was paid to Ankuma on November 23, 2015 and the balance of N100,000 (hundred thousand naira) later paid into the suspect’s account in one of the new generation banks.
After months of waiting, the complainant became agitated and decided to petition the EFCC.
Uwujaren disclosed, the suspect will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.