2 Nigerian Men Land in Trouble after Impersonating EFCC to Extort Resident, Many React to their Arrest

- Two Nigerian men recently impersonated officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a bid to extort a resident of an estate

- The fake EFCC officials were arrested and their accomplice, a mobile policeman, escaped

- One of the men tried escaping by jumping from a four-storey building but he wasn't lucky

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Two young Nigerian men have been nabbed for impersonating officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and trying to extort money from a resident of an estate.

Making the disclosure on Twitter, a man identified as Samuel Otigba said the men were accompanied by a mobile policeman with a rifle who took to his heels.

According to Samuel, one of the fake officers tried to escape by jumping from a four-storey building but he fell into an electric fence.

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Samuel revealed they have been handed over to the EFCC for proper investigation.

Nigerians soon flooded the comment section of the post to share their thoughts on it.

@Ahmadtweetss said:

"How did the fake EFCC officials get to be accompanied by a mobile police?"

@khanofkhans_ commented:

"I am genuinely interested in the measures you put in to catch them. How do we figure out the fake ones? Even with these ID cards. A fake court letter and a police man. This is crazy."

@Equityoyo wrote:

"It’s not Nigeria that’s the problem but Nigerians. A very clear example of our greed and dubious act that brought us here as a nation."

@Equityoyo said:

"It’s not Nigeria that’s the problem but Nigerians. A very clear example of our greed and dubious act that brought us here as a nation."

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Legit.ng previously reported that the operatives of the Benin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) apprehended a lady identified as Queen Jonathan for suspected internet fraud in Oghara, Delta state.

The anti-graft agency in a tweet on Tuesday, March 30, said that the 24-year-old lady was alleged to have been involved in a Bitcoin scam.

Source: Legit.ng