Assistant headmaster impersonates EFCC, police

Desperate to go to Saudi Arabia for Hajj at all costs, an assistant headmaster at Madaki Primary School, Gombe State, has presented himself as one of the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He has also presented himself in another situation as a police corporal.

The suspect, Mohammed Adamu, aka Mohammed Bala, was said to have been picked up while extorting money from the Executive Secretary, Gombe State Muslim Pilgrim Welfare Board, Alhaji Usman Gurama, under the guise of securing Hajj seat to Saudi Arabia for staff of the Gombe zone of the EFCC. The Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said the man was apprehended on July 13.

He said: “Investigations by the commission revealed that the suspect had written a letter to the executive secretary of the pilgrim’s board, requesting for money to give to staff of EFCC for the pilgrimage to Mecca. Upon his arrest by the EFCC, he confessed not being an employee of the commission.”

Those Adamu said he wanted to give the money to are the EFCC head of operations, head of monitoring and investigation, OC legal and prosecution unit and head of team A-D. Further investigations also revealed that Adamu works with Gombe Local Government Education Authority (LEA) as assistant headmaster at Madaki Primary School, Gombe State.

Recovered from Adamu’s possession are police identity card with his name and picture as corporal, a temporary appointment offer letter from Gombe Local Government Education Authority, three different copies of Hajj seat receipts and a letter written by the suspect on a plain paper to the executive secretary, Gombe State Muslim Pilgrim Welfare Board, requesting for money for supposed staff of EFCC.

Also recovered from him are a copy of a motion between Mohammed Jahun as an applicant and Engineer Abubakar and EFCC Gombe Zonal office as respondent with suit number B.A/41m/2015, Muslim Pilgrim Welfare Board, Gombe State Auction form, form No: 006, a copy of Hajj fare collection receipt, no 1152 for Gombe State Muslim Pilgrim Welfare Board for Ibrahim Haruna Yawale and five empty envelops for Polo Industries Limited.