Fake Aso-Rock Staff, 3 Others Arrested For Scam

A fake State House official, as well as other suspects have been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abuja Zonal Command over an alleged employment scam.

According to a statement issued on Friday by the EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, the defendants were arrested for alleged criminal conspiracy, false representation, and employment scam on different occasions.

Reports further revealed that the suspects are Augustine Enamegbai Umogboi, Eleojo Josephine Idakwo, and Kingsley Onuh.

One of the suspects, Augustine Umogboi claimed to be a former Aso Rock member, while Eleojo Idakwo claimed to be a fictitious Ministry of Information employee in the Registry Unit, and Kingsley Onoh claimed to have completed his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

___;;::“The suspects were arrested separately following an investigation on petitions by various victims who were promised jobs as “Directors General” at the Ministry of Communication, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC and other ministries,” the statement read.

____::::’::“Others are Omata Sunday and Eljayon Nigeria Limited, one of the companies whose bank account they were using to get money from their victims.

“Besides, they had different account numbers of different banks through which they were receiving the money amounting to N22,350,000:00k (Twenty Two Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) from different victims.

____”””“Umogboi was arrested on June 16, 2024, Idakwo was arrested on April 30, 2024, while Onuh was arrested on April 3, 2024. Many victims narrated their bitter experience in a series of petitions written to the EFCC.”