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Four Rivers Govt Officials Declared Wanted – EFCC
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared four Rivers govt officials wanted for fraud-related offenses.
- …the officials are identified as a 43-year-old Director of Finance of the Rivers State Government, Fubara Siminayi, Lekia V. Bukpor, Dagogo Rodderick Abere, and the only woman among them, Harrisonba Bessi Princewill, a cashier.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared four officials of the Rivers State government wanted for fraud-related offences.
The officials were said to have been involved in the looting of public funds to the tune of N117b between 2015 and 2018.
According to the EFCC in a statement (including pictures of the suspects) released on its website which was signed by the spokesperson of the anti-graft commission, Wilson Uwujaren the officials are identified as a 43-year-old Director of Finance of the Rivers State Government, Fubara Siminayi, Lekia V. Bukpor, Dagogo Rodderick Abere, and the only woman among them, Harrisonba Bessi Princewill, a cashier.
The EFCC said the suspects, “in their capacity as signatories to the Rivers State Government account, are alleged to have acted as proxies to several government officials, conspired and fraudulently withdrew and diverted the sum between 2015 and 2018.”
Others who are part of the 59 listed on the EFCC website are accused of various offences including money laundering, internet-related fraud offences and issuance of dud cheque.
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The agency urged members of the public with useful information on how to get the suspects to contact the nearest EFCC office to them, the Police Station or other security agencies.
All suspects are said to be from Rivers State
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