The cheque
EFCC RAISES ALARM OVER MISTAKEN ALERT.
A
man has shown just how honest Nigerians can be after he reported and
returned the cheque of a huge amount of money deposited mistakenly into
his various accounts.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has urged the
general public to be good and patriotic citizens by reporting any money
deposited mistakenly into their various accounts.
The Commission stated this when Dr. Aliyu Usman Tilde, an
academician, columnist and writer returned a draft of N900, 000.00,
(Nine Hundred Thousand Naira Only), to the Gombe Zonal office of the
EFCC. The amount was mistakenly paid into his account.
Three months after his account officer could not trace the origin
of the strange alert, Dr. Tilde reported the case to the EFCC.
Investigation by the EFCC however revealed that the amount belongs to a
law firm that was counsel to Federal Ministry of Justice in a case that
involved a former staff of Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Investigation further revealed that the Clark of the firm made a
mistake in writing Dr. Tilde’s firm account number when submitting bank
details to the client’s Ministry.
Dr. Tilde raised a draft of the said amount in the name of EFCC
EXHIBIT ACCOUNT and brought same to Gombe zonal office. The beneficiary
firm has since been contacted.
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