EFCC Quizzes 11 ‘Illegal Oil Bunkerers’ in Port Harcourt as Court Jails 14 Internet Fraudsters in Calabar

By Emmanuel Udom

The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced investigation of 11 suspected illegal oil bunkerers handed over to it by the Nigerian Navy.

Wilson Uwujaren, head media & publicity in a press statement issued today stated that the suspects were handed over to the EFCC on Monday, September 28, 2020 by the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, Bonny, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, after being arrested  for suspected involvement in illegal oil bunkering.

Specifically,  Captain B.I Yahuza,   while handing over the suspects to the EFCC , for further investigation,  disclosed that they were arrested by Naval operatives  on September 22,  2020 for  conveying 320 drums of product suspected to be illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil(  AGO).

The 11 suspects are:    Indongesit Effiong Mfon;    Asuquo James; Samuel Bassey; Blessed Effiong Bassey;  Victor Edet Attah;  Edet Okon;  Nse Jackson Okon;  Innocent Effiong;  Njok Okon,   Uduak Asuquo and Effiong Asuquo.

A Principal Detective Superintendent of the EFCC, Ani Davis Stanley,  received the suspects on behalf of the Port Harcourt  Zonal Head,  Abdulkarim Chukkol.  He commended the synergy existing between the Navy and the EFCC and assured that thorough investigation of the case would be done.

Meahwhile, Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, September 28, 2020 secured the conviction of 14 internet fraudsters on separate one count charge before Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River state.

The convicts are; Victor Chikeluba Ogadibo, Unwana Aniefiok Edem, Michael Omos, Emediong Iwoenang, Christian Alvan Okechukwu, Ogbuechi Anderson Ifeanyi and Anozie Chinonso Franklin.

Others are; Clinton Njoku Onyekachi, Princewill Chisom Egerue, Akpodiete Moses, Innocent Samuel Japhet, Ugwuegbu Fredrick Ikenna, Ndulaka Felix Chukwuebuka and Opara Ozioma Daniel.

One of the separate count charges reads: “That you Clinton Njoku Onyekachi (A.K.A Casey Nelson Cooper) on or about the 8th day of August 2020 in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to obtain property and gain advantage for yourself, fraudulently impersonated Casey Nelson Cooper (An American soldier) on social media (Instagram) and defrauded Veronica (An Indonesian) in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2000) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 (3) (a) & (b) of the Cyber Crime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (b) (iv) of the same Act”.