Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

COURT CONVICTS TWO FOR N2.9M RECRUITMENT SCAM

The Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Friday March 9, 2018, secured the conviction of Idris Abdullahi and Andrew Olije at the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.‎ The duo pleaded guilty to ten counts of obtaining the sum of N2. 9 million by false pretence. They allegedly obtained the sum from unsuspecting citizens under the guise that they (Idris and Andrew) were staff of SAB (Scientific Advisory Board) in California USA, and were going to recruit them into the said company. In view of their guilty plea, the prosecuting counsel N. K. Ukoh…