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EFCC Raises Alarms Over Planned Protest To Take Up Arms Against Its Operatives ~ OsazuwaAkonedo
Jul 5, 2024
EFCC Raises Alarms Over Planned Protest To Take Up Arms Against Its Operatives ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #Cybercrime #Fraud #news #Nigeria #Ola #Olukoyede #Protest https://osazuwaakonedo.news/efcc-raises-alarms-over-planned-protest-to-take-up-arms-against-its-operatives/05/07/2024/ #EFCC Published: July 5th, 2024 Reshared: July 5, 2024 9:15 am Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has raised alarm over what it said to be a
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economic and financial crimes commission
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efcc has raised aarm over what it said
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to be a planed protest by some youths in
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Nigeria to take off arms against its
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operatives efcc in a news released
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during the week said the suspected group
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of people responsible for the planned
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arm protest are currently using social
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media to mobilize and instigate people
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against the commission efcc chairman in
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another news release on Thursday
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explained why Nigeria banks are not
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issuing credit cards to customers in the
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country ear that the banks only issu
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them its cards due to PO wrting of
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Nigeria as a result of cyber crimes the
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efcc chairman said about 71
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International companies left Nigeria and
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closed their businesses because their
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company's bank accounts were hacked by
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cyber criminals the statement reads in
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quote as presented by Bloss the economic
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and financial crimes commission efcc
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wishes to allow the general public on
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the plan by a shadow group to instigate
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a protest against the Commission in the
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last couple of days the group has been
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actively campaigning in the social media
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recruiting impressionable young
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Nigerians including students to take off
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arms against the efcc this Insidious
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campaign is being promoted as resistance
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to the operational activities of the
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commission especially in respect of the
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enforcement of the laws dealing with
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cyber crimes the commission why not a to
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protest by citizens is alarmed by
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Imaging evidence that suggest a grant
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designed by corrupt elements under
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investigation or prosecution by the
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commission to exploit the so-call
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protest to orchestrate a national opis
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that may threaten the peace and security
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of our their Nation as the responsible
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law enforcement organization the
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commission will not tolerate any
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breakdown of Law and Order anywhere in
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the country especially around its office
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locations across Nigeria efcc working in
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consult with sister security agencies is
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therefore taking necessary measures to
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deal with possible threats to the peace
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and security of Nigeria the commission
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however appeals to parents Guardians and
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HS of tertiary institutions to take
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responsibility in ensuring that the ones
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are not recruited to be used as Canon F
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in a proxy war against the commission by
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vested corrupt interests the one being
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wed by the commission against corruption
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and cyber crime is to protect the future
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of the Youth of this country that future
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is impared if Nigeria generates further
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in global Reckoning as event of front
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stars in another news release on
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Thursday efcc said the executive
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chairman of the economic and financial
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crimes commission efcc Mr ol was on
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Wednesday July 12 2024 confered with the
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man of Val award by Global Peace
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movement International gpmi an
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international organization with presence
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in 27 countries two other Awards winner
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and touchlight awards were presented to
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the efcc's boss presenting the awards to
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at the efcc's corporate headquar in
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Abuja Dr Mike II president gpmi who came
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to the efcc's headquarters with a large
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delegation of local and international
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officials of the organization disclosed
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that the efcc chairman was unanimously
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chosen for the Triple honor because of
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the new done his leadership has brought
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to the country's anti-corruption fight
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with the present efcc chairman we are
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bound to say to the entire world that we
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have gotten a chairman that will not
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fall by the wayside we have gotten a
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chairman who has integrity and fear of
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God to take on the job without fear or
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favor and that is why he is qualified
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for for the Global Peace movement Awards
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we explained that UK is one public
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official giving his all to Nigerians
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standing in the gum and inspiring
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confidence with him and outside the
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country I am presenting these Awards to
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the efcc chairman who has done so well
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for Nigeria a lion that is not making
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noise he has met Nigeria proud and we
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Nigerians at home and in the diaspora
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are proud of him he said in his response
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only any one dedicating their words to
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the commission expressed appreciation of
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the management and staff of the
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commission to gpmi he pointed out
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everyone that identifies with the efcc
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in its B to tackle the Menace of
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Economic and financial crimes is a
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corruption fighter on behalf of the
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management and staff of the economic and
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financial crimes commission I would like
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to thank you very much for the honor
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that you have done to us I want to tell
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you that we would not take the honor for
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granted we are going to improve on
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whatever that has led to this everyone
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who identifies with our mandate is a
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corruption fighter while be willing the
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SC of corruption in the country on
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promised not to disappoint Nigerians and
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not to spell the corrupt according to
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him for every 10 ners the efcc recovers
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more than 50 ners has been stolen and
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for you to recover that 10 ners you need
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approximately 250,000 ners to this end
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he restated the commitment of his
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administration to the pursuit of
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preventive Frameworks to tackle
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corruption we decided to go by the way
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of prevention and I set up a directorate
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of hard risk assessment and control
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Frack with this directorate we are going
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into LDS and monitor real time the
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implementation of budgets as money is
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being released we will be tracking it he
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said he acknowledged the political will
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of President B and men to fight
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corruption stressing that the president
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is not interfering in the works of the
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efcc if God has not brought someone like
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President B who gives us free hand to do
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this job imagine what would have
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happened to our system there is so much
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to be done and somebody must do this job
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let us come together to give Nigerians
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the benefit of good governance he
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restated that no shade of Economic and
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financial crime would go on address
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under his leadership of the efcc we will
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do the minan we will do the mega if you
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don't do the minan many will become the
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mega some of these people stealing money
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in high places started from the local
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governments they started as Leaders of
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associations in schools where they stole
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money and did nothing to them and it
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became part of their lives while
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touching on the negative impact of
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Internet crimes or disclosed that
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several International companies had to
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shut down their Nigerian operations
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following massive thre of their finances
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through local wire fraud in 2022 we lost
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over $500 million in our economy to Y
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boys the statistics are there in the
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same year about 71 International
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companies is left Nigeria because the H
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their accounts we can't get credit cards
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in Nigeria because of our poor credit
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rating because of the activities of
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these cyber criminals so the best we can
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get is debit cards do you know that
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there are some International matchs that
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you cannot use Nigerian cards on their
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platforms display your green passports
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outside the country and see if they will
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not take you aside and search you
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thoroughly he said the efcc B charged
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Nigerians to fully embrace the fight
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against economic and financial crimes in
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the overall interests of the nation efcc
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