From January to December 15 in the states of Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was successful in getting 65 financial fraudsters found guilty in court.This was revealed to reporters by Mr. Aliyu Yunusa, the Sokoto Zonal Commander, on Friday during the commission's annual celebration of its accomplishments in Sokoto.
According to Yunusa, the zonal command had achieved more convictions than it had set out to, and she credited staff commitment, assistance from sister organizations, Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), and individual efforts for the results.
He emphasized that the most common cases that were reported involved impersonations that involved using another person's National Identity Number (NIM) as a stand-in, accepting money that was stolen, copying ATM cards to withdraw cash from third parties, and defrauding people under false pretenses.
The most significant accomplishment of the year was stopping multiple crimes, identifying multiple scams, and recovering money from scammers.
According to Yunusa, the purpose of the gathering was to uplift the employees by highlighting their successes and obstacles and offering hope for improvement in the upcoming year.
He claims that because con artists are using more sophisticated methods to deceive individuals, the zonal office is having trouble finding enough workers and educating them on specialized cybercrimes.
The commander continued, "When an incident occurs, we examine it with a forensic eye to close any gaps and expedite investigations; hence, more sophistication is required."
He reaffirmed that the commission would keep collaborating to combat crimes at all levels with community development clubs, NYSC, zero corruption tolerance groups in schools, and other CBOs.
He thanked journalists for their exceptional support of the command and gave them instructions to further up their efforts to raise public awareness of frauds in all their forms and EFCC initiatives in order to put an end to all illegal financial transactions.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), community organizations and heads of federal and state agencies were present at the occasion.