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Operatives of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) person arrested six suspected members of a syndicate accused of engaging successful a onshore fraud wherever the unfortunate was duped of N6 million.
EFCC’s spokesman, Dele Ojewale disclosed this to journalists successful Uyo, the authorities capital.
Ojewale listed the suspects arsenic Enobong Clement Etim a.k.a. Edet Nsem Udo, Iniakop Okot, Emmanuel Edet, Essien Edet Aniedi, Christopher Anthony and Edwin Etim.
He said the suspects were arrested astatine antithetic locations successful Akwa Ibom State pursuing claims of a petitioner, Aniekan Etukudo Koffi that the premier suspect, Enobong Clement Etim on his accomplices, utilized a pseudo sanction to defraud him of the said sum successful a transaction involving a parcel of onshore located astatine Ifa Ikot Ubo, Ifa Ikot Okpon–Etoi, successful Uyo.
Ojewale explained that “the petitioner alleged that helium was introduced to the premier fishy and his pack successful July 2025 done a subordinate of the syndicate who claimed to person entree to a premier parcel of onshore which, according to them, was up for sale.”
The petitioner alleged to person been taken to the said portion of onshore for inspection, and was yet shown immoderate forged documents by the arrested suspects.
“Relying connected their connection which helium yet recovered to beryllium fraudulent, the petitioner allegedly paid N6 cardinal to the alleged fraudsters, with an archetypal transportation of N4 cardinal into a UBA Account Number: 1027675758 belonging to the premier suspect.
“Preliminary investigations person shown that the said portion of onshore does not beryllium to Enobong Clements Etim oregon immoderate subordinate of the syndicate, and that the petitioner was defrauded of the sum of N6 million,” Ojewale recalled.
Ojewale said efforts were inactive ongoing to apprehend different accomplices and retrieve the petitioner’s funds.
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