Man Allegedly Impersonates APC's Governorship Candidate, Dupes Ruling Party of N70m
- A man identified as Tope Jimi Fagun has been dragged to the Borno state high court, Maiduguri, by the EFCC
- The anti-graft agency arraigned Fagun on a-two count charge of impersonation and obtaining N70m by false pretence from one Alhaji Bukar Dalori
- The defendant presented him to Dalori as Pastor Ize Iyamu and collected the money from Dalori under the pretext that the money was meant to aid the APC)'s 2020 guber campaign in Edo
Maiduguri, Borno state - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, November 10, arraigned one Tope Jimi Fagun before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno state high court, Maiduguri, for allegedly duping the ruling APC of N70 million.
A statement made available on the anti-graft agency's official Facebook page indicates that Fagun was arraigned on a-two count charge of impersonation and obtaining the money by false pretence.
Source: Facebook
Legit.ng gathers that Fagun allegedly presented himself as Pastor Ize Iyamu, the APC's governorship candidate in the 2020 governorship election in Edo state, to one Alhaji Bukar Dalori.
He fraudulently induced Dalori to deliver the said sum under the pretext that the money was meant to aid the All Progressives Congress (APC)'s 2020 gubernatorial election campaign in Edo state.
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Nigerians react
Monday Madubuike said:
"The two parties to the crime should be charged, for justice to be seen to have been done... except you're enforcing the wrong notion that APC members are saints!"
Madunagu Emeka said:
"So, why isn't the donor being paraded as well? Is the sum not above campaign finance laws?"
Muraina Akeem Olatunji said:
"It's that easier to dupe 'gullible' people here ... Trying to help Ize Iyamu without knowing his true identity?!"
Ike Obi said:
"This is contagious. They even dupe the Ruling Party."
EFCC interrogates Obi Cubana for money laundering, 2 other offences
In other news, popular socialite and entrepreneur, Obinna Iyiegbu, widely known as Obi Cubana, was recently interrogated by the EFCC for money laundering.
The EFCC allegedly probed Obi Cubana for Evasion of Tax by the Cubana group, the socialite's company.
Other charges he was quizzed about include money laundering and and abuse of Naira in public places.
Source: Legit.ng
