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EFCC arrests prison officials for procuring medical report for convicted fraudster
Two Deputy Comptrollers of the Kirikiri maximum correctional centre, Emmanuel Oluwaniyi and Hemeson Edwin, have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly securing a medical report for a suspected fraudster, Olusegun Aroke.
A statement issued in Abuja by the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said Oluwaniyi and his accomplice, Edwin, who was in charge of the clinic in the correctional centre, were arrested on Monday by operatives of the Commission.
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Aroke, who is serving a 24-year prison term at Kirikiri for cyber fraud, was allegedly given a referral for treatment outside the correctional centre by the duo and during the period he carried out another $1 million scam.
The convict is one of two Malaysia-based Nigerian undergraduate fraudsters arrested in 2012 at the 1004 Housing Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos, following a tip-off.
According to the EFCC, preliminary investigation revealed that the convict, against established standard practice, had access to the internet and mobile phone in the correctional centre.
The two officials, the EFCC said, had given useful information about their alleged involvement in the crime.
Aroke, also known as H.Money, had masterminded a mega scam to the tune of over $1 million.
He committed the alleged crime from prison, using a network of accomplices.
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