By
Olumide T. Agunbiade
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| The fake EFCC officials |
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, on Monday, June 3, 2013, told Justice E.N. Kpojime of the Benue State
High Court, Makurdi how the quartet of Mark Gbaa (alias Nasiru Nasamu), Ezekiel
Ajik Azi, Bulus Ashom Agwom and Nuhu Bawa Atangs conspired to impersonate
officials of the Commission in an attempt to swindle Governor Gabriel Suswan of
Benue State of US$3million.
At
the resumed hearing of the case on June 3, 2013, Julius Donmo, a member of the
Police Mobile force and orderly to Governor Suswan and Aliu Dikko, a senior DSS
officer were led in evidence by counsel to EFCC Joseph Uzor. They gave detailed
account of how the accused persons attempted to deceive Suswan into believing
that they were Operatives of EFCC investigating a non- existent fraud
perpetrated by his Commissioner for Finance.
A
statement from the EFCC revealed that Donmo, narrated how he was contacted by
the first accused person, Mike Gbaa claiming to be a high level officer from
EFCC wishing to see the governor to help stop investigation of fraud against
his government.
He
revealed how after series of calls and text messages, Bulus Ashom Agwom and
Nuhu Bawa Atangs were arrested when they came to collect the agreed sum of
$3million by operatives of the Department of State Security. The 1st accused
was later arrested through his phone.
