Kwara: EFCC Arrests Fake Staff Extorting Suspects In Custody

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Akogun Rasheed Usman over alleged impersonation and extortion.
The suspect was described as a fraudster from Ifelodun LGA of Kwara State who had been posing as an officer of the anti-graft agency to defraud victims on the pretext of helping them procure soft-landing regarding their cases with the commission.
The commission said he was arrested based on intelligence regarding his activities.
“The intel was that he claimed to be an officer of the EFCC and obtained money to the tune of N500,000 from one Mrs Khadizah Abdullahi, a parent of two suspects held in custody by the commission over offences bordering on internet fraud.