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Views: Visits 20 Two fake operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) met their Waterloo while trying to extort a Lagos resident with armed policemen.  According to a Twitter user, Samuel Otigba, who posted the pictures online, one of the fake operatives who tried to escape jumped from a 4 storey but fell into the electric fence. They were later handed over to real EFCC operatives, while the mobile police officer with a rifle escaped. Confirming the development,...

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, arrested a gang of three fake EFCC operatives in Lagos State. The suspects embarked on an

Three suspected fake EFCC operatives arrested- Official EFCC says the suspects were arrested while on an illegal operation wearing fake jackets and identity cards of the commission in Lagos. ADVERTISEMENT The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested three persons including a police inspector posing as operatives of the agency during an illegal operation in Lagos. The commission in a statement shared via its Twitter handle on Thursday, identified the three men as Pasc...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two suspects and a Mobile Police inspector for impersonating officials of the commission and extorting members of the public in Lagos State. The agency has asked Nigerians to be vigilant and demand proper identification from officers when confronted with the possibility of arrest. Addressing reporters yesterday, the Zonal Head of the Lagos EFCC Office, Mr. Ghali Ahmed, advised Nigerians to always report any suspicious operation to...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked Nigerians to be vigilant and demand proper identification from officers when confronted with the possibility of arrest. Addressing reporters on Thursday, the Zonal Head of the Lagos EFCC Office, Ghali Ahmed, advised Nigerians to always report any suspicious operation to the nearest office of the anti-graft agency. We need to be wary of the antics of this gang of impostors and to report any suspicious “operations” to the neares...

Ahmed said, “The trio, Pascal Ugwu Chijioke, Sodiq Ibrahim Adekunle and Edwin Bassey, the Police Inspector, had posed as operatives of the EFCC, and stormed the residence of their target with all the paraphernalia of a typical EFCC raid – armed with security back-up, fake branded EFCC jackets and EFCC identity cards. “They, however, ran out of luck as the Commission, acting on a tip-off, swooped on them. “Items recovered from them include the fake EFCC ID cards, the jackets, the purport...