Abuja- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Mohammed Adamu, an Assistant Headmaster with Gombe Local Government Education Authority (L.E.A) for parading himself as a staff of the commission.
A statement signed by Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the Spokesman of the Commission, on Wednesday in Abuja, said the suspect was arrested on Tuesday in Gombe State.
The statement said that Adamu was arrested while extorting money from Alhaji Usman Gurama, the Executive Secretary, Gombe State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board.
It said that the suspect had approached Gurama under the guise of securing Hajj seat to Saudi Arabia for staff of the Gombe zone of the EFCC.
“Investigations by the commission revealed that the suspect had written a letter to the executive secretary, requesting for money to give to staff of EFCC for the pilgrimage.
“Upon his arrest, he confessed to not being a staff of the commission but an assistant headmaster at Madaki Primary School, Gombe State,” the statement said.
It said that a Police identity card with the suspect’s name and picture and a temporary appointment letter from Gombe Local Government Education Authority were found on the suspect.
“Copies of Hajj seats receipts and a letter written by the suspect to the state Pilgrims Board requesting for money for supposed staff of EFCC was also in his possession,” the statement said.
It added that the suspect would be arraigned in court as soon as investigation was concluded. (NAN)
