CASE NUMBER 10894:

FAKE EFCC STAFF JAILED

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Alleged Perpetrators(s)

Mr David Nimdu

Location (Town / State)

Port Harcourt, Rivers

Date of Event

11 Mar 2019

Date of republication

11 March every year

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Case Summary

Nemesis has caught up with an imposter who was parading himself as a staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as he was convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment by the Federal High Court.

Full story

Mr David Nimdu was arraigned before Honourable Justice Turaki Mohammed of the Federal Hgih Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on one count charge bordering on obtaining the sum of N250, 000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) only under false pretences from a petitioner that alleged that he claimed to be an EFCC Staff.

Nimdu's ordeal began when he struck an agreement with a petitioner to assist in the recovery of a loan of N15,300,000.00 (Fifteen Million, Three Hundred Thousand Naira) only owed by a banker, Patience Amaewhule, in Port Harcourt. The banker allegedly obtained the loan from the petitioner and promised to pay back in 120 days.
However, she failed to keep faith with the promise and Nimdu came on the scene to assist in the recovery of the loan. To demonstrate to the petitioner that he was indeed an EFCC's Staff, Nimdu allegedly went with the petitioner to Amaewhule's office to arrest her. He even recorded a Statement made by the banker and collected her house's documents.
He ordered the banker to commence the repayment of the loan to the petitioner and directed her to pay an initial sum of N250,000,.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) only into his (Nimdu) bank account, promising that the money would be payed into EFCC's loan recovery account.
The petitioner later found out that Nimdu was an impersonator and reported him to the Commission. Investigations by the EFCC showed that, Nimdu was a mobile Policeman dismissed in 2012 after an Orderly Room trial occasioned by allegations of corrupt practices imputed to him and for which he was found guilty. Before being dismissed from the Nigeria Police, he worked as a seconded staff to the EFCC and had since been disengaged from the Commission.
He was tried before Hon. Justice Turaki Mohammed after he pleaded guilty on a plea bargain arrangement.
He was convicted sentenced to one year imprisonment on the 11th March, 2019. The court also orderred the convict to make restitution of the money involved in the scam.

External links/URLs

https://efccnigeria.org/efcc/news/3897-court-jails-fake-efcc-staff

https://www.channelstv.com/2019/03/14/court-jails-fake-efcc-staff-in-port-harcourt/

https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/court-jails-fake-efcc-staff-in-port-harcourt-%E2%80%

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