Just In: EFCC Makes Clear Statement About "Ongoing Recruitment" in Agency
- The EFCC has denied the report that it was recruiting new officers into its folds at the moment
- Dele Oyewale, the spokesperson of the commission, said the advertisement linking the agency to purported recruitment is false
- Oyewale then warned members of the public to be cautious of such advertisements so that they would not become victims of fraudsters
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FCT, Abuja - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called on the Nigerian public to ignore any advertisement that it was recruiting new personnel into the agency.
In a statement by the head of the media and publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, on Tuesday, January 23, said the commission said there was no vacancy at the EFCC at the moment and that any advertising links are provided by fraudsters to steal from the unsuspecting public.
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The statement maintained that the advertisement linking the commission to ongoing recruitment in the EFCC was not true and that the public should be careful of such an exercise.
EFCC's statement on recruitment
The statement reads:
"The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to some online advertisements linking the Commission with phoney “ongoing recruitments”
"The Commission is not recruiting at the moment.
"The public is enjoined to ignore any advertisement of recruitment not publicly announced by the EFCC. Operatives of the Commission are on the trail of fraudsters offering misleading information in this regard, and they will be brought to book."
See the statement here:
N4bn fraud: Ex-Niger governor Babangida Aliyu, former PDP chairman in Court
Legit.ng earlier reported that the EFCC has appealed the no-case submission granted to former governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger state by the Niger state High Court, Minna, in December over an N4 billion fraud allegation.
Another defendant in the N4bn fraud allegation suit was the former chairman of the PDP in Niger state, Tanko Beji.
Other defendants in the fraud allegation were a former commissioner for environment and a chief of staff to Babangida Aliyu, Umar Nasko.
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