Crime
EFCC ‘chairman’ arrested
A 38-year-old man, Salman Umar Hudu, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja.
The suspect was arrested at a hotel on Tuesday, February 14, for falsely representing himself as EFCC’s Executive Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, as well as other officers of the Commission.
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EFCC in a statement said the suspect obtained the sum of N100,000 from someone he convinced that he can ‘handle’ any matter with the EFCC.
“The suspect has given useful information and will be charged to court upon conclusion of the investigation,” the statement added.
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