EFCC dismisses 11 officials for forgery
By Oscarline Onwuemenyi, Abuja
Published: Monday, 25 Aug 2008
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Sunday said it had dismissed 11 officials for forgery and other fraudulent acts.

The dismissed officials include three junior staff, four cadet officers, three senior staff and one management officer.

According to a statement by the Head of Media and Publicity in the commission, Mr. Femi Babafemi, and made available to our correspondent in Abuja, the affected officers were sacked between August 2007 and August 2008.

The dismissed officials were detected after routine investigations carried out on them to verify the authenticity of their academic claims revealed anomalies.

Those dismissed on account of certificate forgery include Adamu Samson, Usman Muhammed, Muhammed Umar, Collins Nwachukwu, Shola Pedro, Olatunji Oluwakeri, Adaka James, Akinwamide Oluwaseyi, Mohammed Maina, and David Ibhawoh.

While the 10 officers dismissed on account of forgery will not be prosecuted, the Chairman of the commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, has, however, directed that Mr. Davies Idrisu Ibrahim, who was arrested in Lagos last week for conniving with others to defraud a suspect, should be dismissed and prosecuted.

He is expected to be charged to court this week.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Ambassador to Australia, Prof. Sunday Olu Agbi, has said that people being cheated in the so-called “Nigerian scams” are greedy and should be jailed.

According to an online publication, Agbi said on Sunday that Nigeria had gained a bad reputation because of the scams perpetrated by a few people, and that those who found themselves involved with the scams were equally as guilty as those running them.

It reads, “The Nigerian government frowns very seriously on these scams and everyday tries to track down those who are involved,” Agbi told the Sydney Morning Herald in response to a previous article on Australians falling for Nigerian scams.

“People who send their money are as guilty as those who are asking them to send the money,” he said.

Out of the 140 million people in Nigeria, Agbi said that 0.1 per cent were involved in scams. The scams, also referred to as 419 or advance-fee fraud, predate the Internet, but have exploded in recent years thanks to the proliferation of e-mail and instant money transfers

source:http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20080825405648



0.1% of 140 million = 140, 000

I can bet my life the 140 Thousands Nigerians are from the south

and the are millions of them in the us.

bilymuse:


The dismissed officials were detected after routine investigations carried out on them to verify the authenticity of their academic claims revealed anomalies.

Those dismissed on account of certificate forgery include Adamu Samson, Usman Muhammed, Muhammed Umar, Collins Nwachukwu, Shola Pedro, Olatunji Oluwakeri, Adaka James, Akinwamide Oluwaseyi, Mohammed Maina, and David Ibhawoh.

While the 10 officers dismissed on account of forgery will not be prosecuted, the Chairman of the commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, has, however, directed that Mr. Davies Idrisu Ibrahim, who was arrested in Lagos last week for conniving with others to defraud a suspect, should be dismissed and prosecuted.

He is expected to be charged to court this week.

source:http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20080825405648

How can you rid the country of the scourge when you choose not to prosecute the majority, it seems? Does allowing the 10 walk free while the one goes to jail help send the right message to the many others out there who are currently involved or thinking of the same?

@MC Usman

Y do u have to bring ethnocentricism into every issue. I say it is better to scam foreigners and earn forex for your country than scam your own country through treasury looting.

However, I would like to state unequivocally, that I am not in support of 419, infact i detest it. Its negative effect on our economy cannot be overemphasised. It's a shameful and disgraceful act that should be condemned by all.

yemmyse:

@MC Usman

Y do u have to bring ethnocentricism into every issue. I say it is better to scam foreigners and earn forex for your country than scam your own country through treasury looting.

Lets call a spade a spade. People like Deepzone, Nigeria1 and co on this board heap all the woes on Nigeria on the north no body accused them of enthocentricism. 419 is definately a southern disgrace on Nigeria image.

If that is right, then, that number is not bad at all, cos i would have said at least 10%

MC Usman

I can bet my life the 140 Thousands Nigerians are from the south     

while you might end up losing your life cheaply, because there are thousands of Sani, Yadudu, Usman, Ado who are criminal and scamers.

The EFCC/Police could provide you with a sample list of northern members of Nigeria 419 club, you ll be amazed of some close relatives on the list.

$$Rhino:

If that is right, then, that number is not bad at all, because i would have said at least 10%

Oh come on!!! How can you believe that number is close to actual stats? I mean think about it. On most every street in Lagos, there exists at least one known 419er. Now imagine how many streets there are. Do you still think 140 thousand is reasonable for ALL of Nigeria? Then think of the number of civil servants we have in that country. Imagine how many of them are involved in one way or another in Corruption deals. Do you still think 140 thousand is a reasonable number in a country with over 140 million people?

$$Rhino:

If that is right, then, that number is not bad at all, because i would have said at least 10%

You are right,the figure quoted is wrong over 20% of Nigerians are fraudsters.

Kobojunkie:

Oh come on!!! How can you believe that number is close to actual stats? I mean think about it. On most every street in Lagos, there exists at least one known 419er. Now imagine how many streets there are. Do you still think 140 thousand is reasonable for ALL of Nigeria? Then think of the number of civil servants we have in that country. Imagine how many of them are involved in one way or another in Corruption deals. Do you still think 140 thousand is a reasonable number in a country with over 140 million people?

This country needs to be sanitized.

Perhaps, they did their survey in my estate alone. That number is far from reality.

lol

whatnext:

Perhaps, they did their survey in my estate alone. That number is far from reality.

lol

i think if a proper and thorough sweep is made more people will still be fished out.funny how the hunter is being caught by the prey here in Nigeria.

MC Usman:

I can bet my life the 140 Thousands Nigerians are from the south

because the notherners don have the mental capacity to perpetrate fraud

MC Usman:

I can bet my life the 140 Thousands Nigerians are from the south

Read this news from ICPC.
N’East Tops Corruption List, Says ICPC
Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has declared north east geo-political zone as the zone with the highest rate of corruption complaints on its desk.
Head of North-east zonal operation, Mr. Segun Sogunle, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Bauchi on campaign awareness rally sponsored by the United Nation Population Fund (UNPF) through the Anti Corruption Association of Nigeria, Bauchi state chapter.
Sogunle explained that in the North-east geo-political zone, Bauchi had the highest number of corruption cases, adding that those involved included serving commissioners and former commissioners of both the previous administration and the government of the day.
He said, the aim of the rally was to educate and sensitize people on the menace of corruption in Nigeria, noting that corruption is worse than armed robbery
According him, when the people are aware of the evil practices of corruption and the danger it is causing to Nigeria and the role each person would play towards eradicating corruption , then the menace would reduce drastically.
The president, Anti Corruption Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Saleh Garba, stated that war against corruption is a collective responsibility for all responsible Nigerian, saying the task is not for the government alone to accomplish.
He said, the objective behind the rally was to empower the people to realise their potentials that at their level they can fight corruption in Nigeria.
According to him, the association is funded by the UNPF in Nigeria, adding that sensitization workshop for various categories of political office holders and public servants has been scheduled with the sole aim of wiping corruption out in Nigeria

If you bet your life,you will only die for nothing.

140,000,000 / 140,000 = 1/1000

why the north=south fight?

Arent all of the perpetrators Nigerians?