A Senior female lecturer with the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for alleged crimes bordering on issuance of dud cheques and obtaining by false pretence.
The Zonal Head, Southsouth, EFCC, Ishaq Salihu, in a statement in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, alleged that the lecturer, Dr. Love Iwori Arugu, 53, was a serial offender, having been arrested and arraigned before, at a Rivers State High Court, for the same offence and was granted bail.
Salihu, who regretted that Arugu’s past experience did not change her, alleged that the don was facing new charges on issuance of dud cheques, for which she would soon be arraigned.
The anti-graft agency said it arrested Onukagbe Uche Prosper, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Tai Local Government for alleged involvement in Internet fraud (yahoo yahoo).
Other persons said to be arrested with the corps member are the leader, Tochi Nwalozie, Onuoha Akachukwu Danhessy, Ohaji Ujuwa Raymond (Francis Ray Emar), Henry Onyebuchi Ogbonna, Eboh Emeka Emmanuel and Nworgu Chidi Previous.
It was alleged that Nwalozie posed as the former EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, through an identity card purportedly signed by former President Goodluck Jonathan and Justice Bello Adoki, with which he sent mails to foreigners in Europe and America, extorting huge amount of foreign currencies from them.
The commission nabbed ThankGod Okachi Echem, a school certificate holder, for allegedly impersonating a lawyer and defrauding his victim of N7 million.
Salihu said to cover up his shady deals, the ‘lawyer’ employed a qualified lawyer, who worked with him.
He said it was not clear whether the qualified lawyer knew that his principal was a secondary school certificate holder or not, but warned job seekers to beware of the employment agreements they signed.
Salihu said the suspects would soon be arraigned.
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