EFCC nabs fake Aso Rock staff , others over N22m employment scam

The Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have nabbed a fake staff of the State House in Abuja and other suspects for employment scam.

In a statement by EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, the suspects were nabbed for alleged criminal conspiracy, false representation and employment scam.

He identified the suspected scammers as Augustine Enamegbai Umogboi, Eleojo Josephine Idakwo and Kingsley Onuh.

While Umogboi claimed he was a former Aso Rock staff, Idakwo claimed to be a ‘fake’ staff of the Ministry of Information in the Registry Unit while Onuh was said to have concluded his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

Oyewale said, “The suspects were arrested separately following 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,”

“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.”