The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over a property at 1A, Joke Ayo Street, Riverside Estate, Alagbado, Lagos, as well as a Range Rover Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), a black BMW, a black Toyota Land Cruiser, and a white Toyota Hilux to a victim of fraud, one Bamidele Safiriyu Olusegun.
These were property recovered from a convicted fake Army General, Bolarinwa Abiodun.
The Lagos Zonal Command of the anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday.
It said Abiodun had posed as an Army General to defraud Olusegun of the sum of N266,500,000 (Two Hundred and Sixty-Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N266,500,000).
It stated: “Upon his conviction on July 8, 2022, the trial judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, had sentenced Abiodun to seven years imprisonment and also ordered him to forfeit all the proceeds of the crime.”
The Lagos Zonal Commander of EFCC, Ahmed Ghali, while handing over the vehicles on Tuesday at the EFCC’s Lagos Command, described the development as a milestone in the fight against corruption.
He appealed to the people to always provide information to the EFCC to assist it in fighting corruption.
“Finally, justice has been served. Whoever commits a crime will not get away with it. Sooner or later, the arm of the law will always catch up with you. We take pleasure in seeing fraudulent people brought to justice,” Ghali said.
EFCC Hands Over Forfeited Properties of Convicted Fake Army General to Victim in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has handed over a property located at 1A, Joke Ayo Street, Riverside Estate, Alagbado, Lagos… pic.twitter.com/QPTxbwq3cv
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In his response, Olusegun commended the commission for its doggedness in pursuing the case and seeing that justice was served.
He also applauded the operatives of the anti-graft agency for what he described as “a job well done.”
