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Bawa, whose zone covers Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States, stated this on Tuesday in Sokoto at a roundtable with Compliance Officers of various commercial banks. He said that the meeting was convened to strengthen relationship and collaborations between the EFCC and commercial banks as a way to sanitise the system against frauds. The Zonal Head said that the commission often encounter delay in getting responses to investigation letters forwarded to banks. "Such delays jeopardise our investigation. Financial institutions must collaborate with us toward curtailing money l...

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 nearest office of the anti-graft agency. “We need to be wary of the antics of this gang of im...

  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 nearest EFCC office,” he said. The zonal head added, “Above all, we enjoin members of the public confr...

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 purported Court Order touted to have emanated from Mushin Magistrate Court, a truckload of household proper...

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