Man Arrested For Impersonating EFCC Chairman

According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), its agents have detained Salman Umar Hudu, a Kano native, on suspicion of impersonation.

According to a statement released by the EFCC’s media office on February 14, the suspect was detained in Abuja for allegedly misrepresenting himself as Abdulrasheed Bawa, the anti-graft agency’s chairman.

The commission added that the suspect received N100,000 from a person to whom he made a guarantee to assist with any EFCC matters.

The statement reads: ?The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, arrested one Salman Umar Hudu, a 38-year-old indigene of Kano, at a hotel in Abuja, for falsely representing himself as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, and other officers of the Commission, and obtaining N100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) from a person he convinced that he can ?handle? any matter with the EFCC.?

?The suspect has given useful information and will be charged to court upon conclusion of the investigation.?