The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged students in the country to imbibe the culture of integrity, transparency and honesty in their daily lives.
Magu gave the advice on Thursday, November 14, 2019, when students of Fariah Academy, Doveland High School and New Capital School, came on excursion to EFCC Headquarters Jabi, Abuja, a statement issued on Friday by the Head of Media and Publicity of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, said.
The EFCC boss, who was represented at the occasion by the Head, Creative Communications Unit, EFCC, Hajiya Aisha Musa, further cautioned the students against corruption. “Drop the bad attitudes and pick the good attitudes, be discipline and let integrity be your watchwords,” he said.
Explaining the roles and responsibilities of the EFCC to the students, Magu said, “The EFCC has been very effective. Former governors have been convicted and jailed, properties worth billions of naira have been seized, several billions of naira has been recovered and many internet fraudsters have been convicted.”
The EFCC boss through the Head, Enlightenment and Reorientation, EFCC, Amadin Samin, urged the students to always do the right thing and influence others to do the same. “You should also tell other people to do the right thing, even your parents because you are now EFCC ambassadors and foot-soldiers of the Commission.”
He further informed the students of the Whistle-blowing Policy of the federal government and urged them to embrace it and expose corruption through the policy, the statement said.
“Whistle-blowing Policy is exposing corruption. Do not give false information, make sure the information you are providing is true,” he said.
Meanwhile the Abuja Zonal Office of the EFCC on Thursday, November 14, 2019, secured the conviction of one Osarumwense Henry Afuwa (alias Manasseh Jordan) before Justice A.O Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari.
The Commission prosecuted the convict for internet fraud to the tune of $1,000.
Trouble started for the convict following intelligence report on his cyber crime activities. Scam documents and messages were found in his possession upon his arrest.
Further investigations showed that he posed as Manasseh Jordan, a pastor in United States in a fictitious WhatsApp Account, and at different times, defrauded foreign women through love scam.
Upon arraignment today, he pleaded guilty to the one-count charge in line with the plea bargain agreement his defence lawyer, Ruth Joshua entered with the prosecution.
Following his guilty plea, prosecution counsel Fatima M.Mustapha prayed the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.
He was convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment with N60, 000 option of fine by Justice Musa.
In a related development, the Abuja Zonal Office of the Commission on Thursday arraigned one Alika Noma Emmanuel before Justice A.O Musa of the FCT High Court, Bwari on a three-count charge bordering on impersonation and forgery.
Emmanuel was alleged to have been posing as an officer of the EFCC and flaunting a forged identity card in attempt to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
His arrest followed a complaint from Jonathan Shok Audi, one of his victims.
One of the charges reads: “That you, Alika Noma Emmanuel, sometime in October 2019, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, pretended to be a staff in the operation and investigation unit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and in such assumed character, attempted to defraud Jonathan Shok Audi under the colour of such office and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 132 of the Penal Code Cap 532 Law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990.”
He pleaded not guilty to all the charges, prompting prosecution counsel Fatima M.Mustapha to ask the court for a trial date and for the defendant to be remanded in the custody of Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS. The defence counsel, A.O. Adu made no application for his bail.
Justice Musa ordered that the defendant be remanded in Kuje Prisons, Abuja and adjourned the matter until December 3, 2019 for hearing on the bail application, the statement said.
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