Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Businessman Bags One Year for N15m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Maiduguri Zonal Office has secured the conviction of one Abdullateef Audu for obtaining the sum of N15 million under false pretence. Audu, sometime in May 2018 deceived his victim, Awana Rijiya, into parting with the said sum in the guise that he had foodstuffs to sell. After collecting the money, he broke his own part of the business deal, and it became difficult to get the money back from him. Rijiya petitioned the Maiduguri office of the EFCC on September 26, 2018. In the course of investigations, N12,300,000 was recovered from Audu and rel…