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Speaker 1: United States US Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has filed

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a lawsuit against a Nigeria citizen, Herem and ad Bockn

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for allegedly defrauding the US President Donald Trump and his

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vice JD. Vance, the sound of four hundred and sixty

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million niras by thus sending fake email messages to US

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citizens in December twenty twenty four to contribute and help

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to fund the presidential inauguration ceremony of Trump and Vance.

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This notwithstanding, Nigeria government has shown great commitment in helping

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the United States and other countries in the world recovered

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funds stolen by Nigerians from foreigners, as it was evidenced

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in one of such occasions earlier this year when the

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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC handed over billions of

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nyra equivalent to Charles Smith, the legal attache of the

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US Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI at the Embassy of

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the United States in Nigeria and representatives of other countries

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whose citizens were victims of cyber crimes committed by Nigerians.

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While the e FCC Chairman, Olo Olakayode also used the

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occasion of the handing over ceremony to call and appealed

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to foreign countries to always help recover and restitute Nigerians

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who are victims of fraud committed by citizens of other countries.

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People’s Gazette News media reported that the court documents are

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seen by the media. The Federal Bureau of Investigation filed

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a civil forfeiture complaint to seize property belonging to Lagos

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based suspected fraudster Hehrem and Aigbochin four allegedly stealing more

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than four hundred and sixty million nyiras in funds meant

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for U S President Donald Trump’s twenty twenty five inauguration.

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The FBI is also actively pursuing an arrest warrant for

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mister Aigbochan in connection with a cryptocurrency fraud and money

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laundering scheme that targeted a donor intending to contribute to

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the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee. According to legal filings seen

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by People’s GODSZT, mister Eigbocken and his co conspirators carried

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out a sophisticated fraudulent operation using the notorious business email

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compromise scheme to trick their victims into sending money to

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cryptocurrency accounts belonging to them in the weeks leading up

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to the inauguration. On January twentieth, twenty twenty five, the

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FBI reported that fraudsters created several fake email addresses to

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mimic the legitimate ones used for the ceremony, which they

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sent to dozens of people requesting donations for mister trumps

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swearing in ceremony. On December twenty six, twenty twenty four,

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one of these fake emails, with the addresser T forty

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seven laneaugirl dot com, was center of victim to mimic

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a T forty seven inaugural dot com the official email

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of the co chair of the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee,

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Steve Wigtoff. The victims subsequently sent two hundred and fifty thousand,

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three hundred usd t head to the criminals. The two

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hundred and fifty thousand, three one hundred USDT and is

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estimated to be worth over four hundred million miers at

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the current black market rate. Within days of receiving the money,

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the perpetrators immediately dispersed two hundred and fifteen thousand USDT

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after several crypto wallets before the FBI caught wind of

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the scam and requested crypto operator Tether to freeze the accounts,

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which the company voluntarily adhered to on December thirty. First.

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Court documents showed following the scam, the FBI immediately launched

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an investigation into the matter, and records of the crypto

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address associated with the scheme were traced back to mister

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A boken in Lagos. Investigations by the FBI revealed that

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part of the stolen funds were transferred to a binance

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dot com account registered to mister A Bocken, who created

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the account in October twenty twenty four. The binance account

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had no prior deposits before receiving transfers from the scam wallet.

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Further digital forensics linked the fraudulent email accounts and cryptocurrency

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transactions to Nigeria, with IP address data consistently tracing Logan’s

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and email activity to Lagos, corroborating the connection to mister

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A Bocan. The agency said twenty thousand and seventeen u

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s dt and was seized from mister A Bocin’s bollet

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and another twenty thousand, three hundred thirty six usdt V

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from hexadecimal C seven BDBA seven FFB one two six

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F six eighty eight four five four c totaling over

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sixty million miers in black market rate, which Ricked Laylock Junior,

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the Assistant US Attorney for the District of Columbia, is

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asking the court to declare its forfeiture. The Economic and

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Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, the government agency against Internet fraud

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and all other fraudulent practices in Nigeria, is yet to

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issue any statement over the media report. It would be

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recalled that the EFCC assisted the US and other foreign

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countries whose citizens were defrauded by Nigerians, recovered the stolen

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funds and returned the recovered loop to the US and

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other countries. On one of such occasions on February twenty first,

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twenty twenty five, which EFCC handed over a total sum

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of one hundred and thirty two thousand, three hundred and

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sixty two dollars and forty three cents, seventy eight million,

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five hundred and sixty six thousand, three hundred and twenty

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four nyras and eighty one cobos to American, Spanish and

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Swiss victims of local fraudsters. The Commission described the move

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as a gesture of its commitment to tackling economic and

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financial crimes and offering restitution to victims of fraudulent practices.

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According to a statement by the EFCC, the handover was

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performed by its Chairman, Owner honokoy Aid on Friday February

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twenty first, twenty twenty five, at the EFCC’s corporate headquarters

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in Jabi, Habouja. Efcc E chair Manola Olokoye, speaking during

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the presentation, said that the event is a demonstration of

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the commitment of the Federal Government of Nigeria and that

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of President Bolah Ahmed To Nubu to the fight against

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corruption and financial crimes. A commitment to good governance, a

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commitment to stimulating the economy, and a commitment to prove

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to the entire world that Nigeria is not a safe

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haven for financial crimes. A commitment to international cooperation and

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international synergy in the fight against financial crimes, which you

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will agree with me has become a global crime. The

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statement also read, we are here to demonstrate that the

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Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Economic and Financial Crimes

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Commission EFCC, is ready to do everything possible to prevent

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financial crimes from being perpetrated in our system, and when

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one has taken place, to investigate, where assets are involved,

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to trace, to recover, and where necessary, prosecute. We don’t

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just to recover, we restitute the victims. We here this

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morning to restitute those who were victimized through the perpetration

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of economic and financial crimes. It is important to know

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that once the proceeds of crime are recovered, the most

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responsible thing to do is to restitute the victims. Handed

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over in addition to money of vehicles and real estate

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to citizens of Spain, the United States of America and Switzerland,

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Acting Ambassador of Spain to Nigeria, Maria higgin Velasco received

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the sum of one thousand, three hundred dollars in evidence

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of thirty million nyers already transferred to the Embassy of

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Spain in Nigeria for onward transmission to a victim. Maria

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del Rosario San Jose Florent Gil, Senior Political Officer, First

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Secretary Embassy of Switzerland, received one hundred thousand and eleven

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dollars and forty three cents one hundred thousand eleven dollars

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and forty three cents on behalf of a victim Chantai

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Helen Leave and Sea formerly known as Chantai Helen Maida.

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Charles Smith, Legal Attache Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Embassy

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of the United States received the sum of seven thousand,

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three hundred forty four dollars, seven thousand, three hundred forty

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four dollars, seven million, nine hundred and sixty three thousand,

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four hundred and eighty three niras and thirty five cobos,

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seven million, nine hundred sixty three thousand, four hundred eighty

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three nira, thirty five cobo and bitcoin cryptocurrency valued at

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four thousand, four hundred and seventy dollars four thousand, four

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hundred and seventy dollars on behalf of the United States

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Embassy in Nigeria for onward transmission to a victim, Maria

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Jesus Brockel. Also received by Smith was Mercedes Benz five

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hundred fifty four mattic chassis number w D DH F

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nine A B six AA one one one one one two,

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Mercedes Benz four fifty A m G with chassis number

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w D D two zero J zero six four one

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F two eight two four six seven and one residential

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bungalow located at seventeen nineteenth Seamen Street, bunguar Mego, Kaduna,

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Kaduna State, on behalf of the United States Embassy in

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Nigeria for onward transmission to the crime victim. Additionally, Smith

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received the sum of seven thousand, five hundred and twenty

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seven dollars seven thousand, five hundred and twenty seven dollars

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on behalf of the United States Embassy in Nigeria for

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onward transmission to the victim of the crime, Michael Smith.

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He also received the sum of eleven thousand, seven hundred

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and ten dollars eleven thousand, seven hundred and ten dollars

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on behalf of the United States Embassy in Nigeria for

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onward transmission to the crime victim, Cheril Williams. Lastly, Smith

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received the sum of five thirty two million, six hundred

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and thirty nine thousand, three hundred and fifty eight niras

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and eleven cobos thirty two million, six hundred and thirty

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nine thousand, three hundred and fifty eight nyira eleven cobo

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on behalf of the United States Embassy in Nigeria for

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onward transmission to the crime victim. Marva Marrow in her remarks.

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Her Excellency Velasco expressed gratitude, adding this is a sign

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of the collaboration between Nigeria and Spain and we are

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very grateful for this collaboration. Smith said, as the FBI

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Legal Attache and the representative of the US government, I

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want to say we personally appreciate this. Many here may

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not understand what the impact this has to the victims.

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This gives them complete closure and it allows them to

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feel whole again. So we really do appreciate and we

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thank the EFCC. The EFCC is just not operating in Nigeria.

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The EFCC is a major global contender and you should

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recognize that. Every time, on behalf of the Government of Switzerland,

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he’ll thank the Government of Nigeria and EFCC for the

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recovery and restitution. I thank the Nigerian government and especially

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the EFCC for the work they have done to combat

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internet fraud and other financial crimes. Today’s restitution of money

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obtained from a Swiss citizen demonstrates the effectiveness but also integrity, professionalism,

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courage and collaboration that occur between Nigeria and Switzerland. So

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thank you for this exemplary collaboration and work in making

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the digital world safer and better regulated. Switzerland will continue

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to work alongside the Nigerian government in the service of

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the security of our respective people. So thank you again,

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he said. The Permanent Secretary the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Umar Ahmed,

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thanked olakoy Ad for his efforts in the anti corruption

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fight and conveyed the felicia of the Honorable Minister for

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Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tugger and the Ministry to the EFCC

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and the Nigerian government. According to him, this is really

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an unprecedented development and you cannot believe the impact that

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this development will have on the mandate of the Ministry

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because it makes our work a whole lot easier, because

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it really enhances the credibility of Nigeria in the international

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scene and it will also go a long way in

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restoring investor’s confidence in the country. And the Ministry is

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very well with you in pursuing this mandate and want

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to thank you for this initiative. It demonstrates the support

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of our President Bola Ahmed Talubu in the fight against

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corruption and also in strengthening the EFCC in carrying out

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its mandate. All of us in the Ministry are really

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happy with this development, and we’ll keep on working with

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you and supporting you and in carrying your mandate. INGI

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ingis are where