EFCC Nabs Man Impersonating Custom’s Boss, Col Hameed Ali

The Ilorin Zonal Office of EFCC last month, on February 20, 2019, apprehended an individual identified as Azeez Yakubu Afolayan for impersonating the Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service identified as Col. Hameed Ali (retd) and using his name to scam job seekers in Ilorin in February 2019.

Azeez Yakubu Afolayan was apprehended by operatives of the EFCC on March 5, 2019 following complaints from one of his victims whom he had allegedly scammed for a job.

Meanwhile, he met his Waterloo when a staff of the Customs Service identified as Hasaan Garba Muhammed petitioned the EFCC, accusing him of defrauding innocent Nigerians, seeking employment into the Service.

According to reports, Azeez Yakubu Afolayan had so far defrauded them of about N1 million.

While he was been interrogated, he admitted to committing the crime.

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Azeez Yakubu Afolayan stated that:

 “I started duping people since 2017 up till date, I duped about five people, I collected different amount of money from my victims and all of them used to transfer money to my bank accounts.

“I used to tell them that I will help them to secure employment with the Nigerian Custom Services, but I was just scamming.”

Few of the items which were recovered from him include Nigerian Customs Service Application Forms, Customs employment letters, passports of some job seekers among others.

A Report also has it that the impersonator will soon be charged to court.

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