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EFCC Presents Witness against Suspect Who Defrauded Retired General N180m

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, presented its first witness (PW1), Naziru Aminu Shehu, in the trial of an alleged serial fraudster, Mohammed Sanni Zubair. Zubair, who is alleged to be a member of a syndicate that specialises in defrauding unsuspecting members of the public is standing trial before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja on four count charges that border on fraud to the tune of N180 million. He was arrested by the Commission following a petition by the children of a retired Major General Geoffrey Obiaje Ejiga. The…