EFCC Arrests Fake Army General For Alleged N270m Fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested an impostor, Bolarinwa Oluwasegun, who claimed to be a General of the Nigerian Army for

EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, stated in a statement on Thursday that the suspect was arrested by operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the anti-graft agency, at his house in the Alagbado area of Lagos State on Wednesday, January 12, 2022.

He said that the suspect posed as an Army General to make false representations to his victim, Kodef Clearing Resources, that President Buhari had shortlisted him as the Chief of Army Staff. Uwujaren added that Oluwasegun told the complainant that he was in need of a short grant “to press and process the appointment.”According to him, “the suspect allegedly forged a letter of appointment as COAS purportedly signed by the President and showed the same to the victim to further prove his claim.”

The EFCC spokesman said further that the suspect claimed that he needed to pay a certain amount of money into the coffers of the Federal Government of Nigeria, as part of the requirements for the appointment as COAS. He added that Oluwasegun also allegedly forged several documents with the signature of the President Muhammadu Buhari in his bid to defraud the victim.

 

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He might have had a militia formation hiding somewhere ! Squeeze him well

Same people tarnishing the image of our dear nation.

I don't understand, fake army general

Bad people

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This one get mind. Upon all the fraud that is going on in the country, you have the mind to use Army to defraud people

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