EFCC Arrests Five For Forging ONSA, AGF’s Letterhead

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has arrested five people for allegedly using forged letterheads of the Offices of the National Security Adviser and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to fraudulently obtain money from unsuspecting members of the public.

Spokesman of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday.

The statement said the suspects were arrested on August 24, 2023.

It gave the names of the suspects as Mr. Yakubu Hamza Mohammed, Mr. Bashir Ladan, Mr. Adamu Ibrahim, Mr. Steven Anom, and Mr. Mohammed Bello.

“They allegedly conspired and used the letterheads to produce fake employment and recommendation letters for a fee, to unsuspecting members of the public,” the statement reads briefly.

According to EFCC, the suspects will be charged in court as soon as the investigation is concluded.

In other news, Kanyi Daily reported that the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi on Monday, debunked speculations that he sponsored the burial of the father of a journalist, Rufai Oseni.