EFCC Parades Father, Two Sons, Others For Fraudulent Activities In Sokoto

The Sokoto state Zonal Head Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested one Yakubu Ibrahim (a.k.a. Baban Aba) and his two sons Suleiman Yakubu and Ibrahim Yakubu for allegedly obtaining money by false pretenses.

Abdullahi Lawal, the zonal head of the Commission, disclosed that the suspect connived with his sons to dupe one woman from Sokoto to the tune of N4.6m.

According to him, “the petitioner contacted one Aisha of Mabera, Katin Sani area of Sokoto took her to the suspect, Mallam Yakubu at Gidan Sanda, Sokoto for prayers to enable her business grow.

“She further alleged that the suspect assures her that he will pray for her and her business will grow but she has to buy some perfumes, honey, turkeys and rams to appease the spirit.

“The suspect collected several amounts of money from her on different dates through his sons, Ibrahim and Suleiman”.

The zonal head also paraded one Etsano Amaju from Sapele, Delta State who admitted that he connived with one Patrick in receiving sum of N45,000 under false pretense of delivering Apple laptop to his victim.

Also, one John Mobuse and Martha Okotie was also arrested in Akure, in Ondo State and Warri, Delta State respectively for allegedly deceiving unsuspecting victims in helping them to get PTDF Scholarship.

He disclosed that the principal suspect, John Mobuse, admitted to receiving over N1,500,000 from unsuspecting victims across the country using Martha Okotie account as a conduit for receiving the monies.