Posted by There is now an Immigration Fraud Section inside the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in several of its nationwide commands.
According to a statement released by EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale on Wednesday in Abuja, the commission’s chairman, Ola Olukoyede, revealed this information on Tuesday while hosting a group from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
Superintendent Rabhi Abdallah, the director general, proceeded to Abuja, the capital of the EFCC, to lead the delegation.
Olukoyede stated that the action was taken to address the problem of immigration fraud and the harm it was doing to the country’s reputation.
The new part, he said, was only set up around two weeks ago.
We established an Immigration Fraud Section two weeks ago in addition to our actions in the foreign exchange market.
Their presence is felt in all of our zonal commands—including Kano, Abuja, Port Harcourt, and Lagos—as a result of the high volume of fraud that has been detected in that region.
“They have deceived many, so we intend to focus our efforts there to prevent visa and immigration scams from affecting Nigerians and diplomatic missions in Nigeria in the future,” he stated.
In their joint battle against corruption, Olukoyede said that the EFCC is prepared to work with the RCMP.