The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has instituted a probe into the activities of a syndicate ripping Nigerians off under the guise of safeguarding their nomination for President Muhammadu Buhari’s next cabinet.
It learnt that the syndicate had successfully fleeced a number of Nigerians across all walks of life of millions of naira in the name of processing fees.
The anti-graft agency’s action was triggered by a petition, dated May 17th, 2019, sent by one of the victims.
The syndicate forged a letterhead and created e-mail addresses of the office of the Vice-President, National Security Adviser as well as the State House Protocol Department for this purpose.
It targets former and serving heads of federal and state government establishments.
A petition to the EFCC by one of the victims, who is a prominent academic from one of Nigeria’s leading second generation federal universities, gave an insight into the syndicate’s mode of operation.
