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General News of Thursday, 13 May 2021

Source: www.gistmania.com

Fake EFCC officials in police net trying to extort people

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Some men posing to be officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been nabbed trying to extort people of their money.

According to social media user, @SamuelOtigba, the two men were caught in his estate with fake ID’s of the EFCC.

He also added that the fake officers who were trying to extort money from residents were accompanied by a mobile police officer (MOPOL).

See what he wrote below:

"Omoooo today is wild. We caught 2 men that came into our estate claiming to be EFCC officials, with fake EFCC ids & accompanied by Mopol, trying to extort money from a resident. One of the fake officers tried escaping by jumping from a 4 storey but fell into the electric fence. The mobile police officer with a rifle escaped.