EFCC Arrests Man Who Scam Kwara Monarch N33m

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested a man aged 30 who scammed Kwara State first class Monarch, His Royal Highness Idris Sero Abubakar, to the tune of thirty three million, three hundred and ninety nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine naira.

EFCC in a news release on Monday, said the suspect, Fidelis Poor is a member of a syndicate who allegedly connived to defraud the Monarch with the guise that he had a container of goods meant to be used for the development of Okuta Community due to be cleared at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja.

EFCC news release reads thus:

Poor, 30, who hails from Stwue in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State alongside other suspects (still at large) allegedly conspired to swindle the monarch on the guise that he had a container of goods meant to be used for the development of Okuta Community due be cleared at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja.

In a petition dated November 30, 2021, His Royal Highness, Abubakar, who is the Emir of Okuta in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State and a former member of the House of Representatives alleged that a group of fraudsters who operate as syndicate called him on phone sometime last year that he had a container to clear in Abuja and requested for the said amount for clearance.