Eze Mavus Ugochukwu, a student of Computer Science, Bauchi State Polytechnic, has been arrested by the Gombe Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for defrauding unsuspecting members of the public by posing as a 2/Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army.
Ugochukwu, an indigene of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State was said to have been nabbed by officers of 33 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Shadawanka Barracks, Bauchi State and handed over to the Gombe Zonal Office of the EFCC for further investigation and prosecution.
Confirming the arrest, the Head of Media & Publicity, EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren said in Abuja on Monday that the arrest was made following a complaint brought to the commission by one Mrs Dorcas Oni that the suspect presented himself to her as a Lieutenant in Nigerian Army.
The victim had complained to the commission that Ugochukwu offered to assist her in securing admission for her son into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) for which he made her transfer the sum of N400, 000.00 to his account.
In the course of EFCC’s investigation, it was discovered that the suspect has defrauded some other victims to the tune of N1, 455,000.00, using the same military bait.
It was learnt that all the proceeds of the crime were paid into his two bank accounts domiciled in FCMB and STANBIC IBTC, between December 2019 and July 2020.
Investigations further revealed that the suspect succeeded in making his victims believe he was a military officer by photo-shopping military officers’ uniforms and superimposing the image of his face on them, complementing the fraud by attaching his name tag on the uniforms.
He was also discovered to have forged military documents which he passed off to his victims as genuine in a bid to convince them that he would secure NDA admission for them.
Uwujaren further stated that the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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