Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu has encountered more trouble as pranksters are now on the
prowl using his name to extort unsuspecting Nigerians in high places.
According to Vanguard
The public outcry came as it emerged, last night, that the
fraudsters behind the scam had already used Magu’s name to fleece three
ministers in the current administration of undisclosed huge sum of money. Magu,
who cried out in a statement by the spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson
Uwujaren, drew the attention of Nigerians and others to the group, which has
been extorting money from heads of ministries, departments and agencies,
claiming they were acting at the behest of Magu.
Apart from directly approaching their targets to pay them
cash on behalf of Magu, the fraudsters have also cloned Magu’s non-existent
facebook account and used same to defraud their targets.
According to the statement,
“these reports are indeed
worrisome as they detract from the well-established mode of operation by the
commission. As a highly disciplined and professional organisation, demanding
and receiving bribes are serious offences against discipline in the EFCC. The
punishment for such acts includes dismissal and prosecution. Staff of the
commission are reasonably well paid and have no need to seek rent from suspects.
“Mr. Magu has not mandated any person to
collect gratification under any guise on his behalf. Those doing so are simply
employing the fear factor to defraud persons who apparently are too jittery
about prospects of investigation by the commission.
“The EFCC, as an agency, does not
condone gratification either to facilitate or ‘kill’ an ongoing investigation.”
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