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EFCC arrests fake Army Lieutenant over alleged multiple fraud

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Gombe Zonal Office of the EFCC has arrested one Eze Mavus Ugochukwu, a student of Computer Science, Bauchi State Polytechnic, who allegedly defrauds unsuspecting members of the public by posing as a Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army.

According to a statement released on Monday, Ugochukwu, an indigene of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State was arrested by the officers of 33 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Shadawanka Barracks, Bauchi State and handed over to the Gombe Zonal Office of the EFCC for further investigation and possible prosecution.

He was arrested following a complaint, lodged by one Mrs Dorcas Oni that the suspect presented himself to her as a Lieutenant in Nigerian Army and told her that he would assist her in securing admission for her son into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) for which he made her transfer the sum of N400k to his account.