The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), January 28, 2025, handed over four landed title documents recovered from criminal syndicates to their owners.
The title documents were falsified by a syndicate of land fraudsters in Abuja.
They allegedly forged the documents and deprived the lawful owners of their property.
According to Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, the anti-graft’s investigators, working on actionable intelligence, rounded up the fraudsters and recovered the documents for the legitimate owners.
“At the handing over of the documents to the victims on Tuesday, Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede noted that the recovery of the original title documents was a product of diligent investigation by operatives of the EFCC”.
He said the EFCC boss particularly acknowledged the collaborative efforts of officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), drawn from FCT’s department of Land Administration and Abuja Geographic Information System (AGIS).
“Our engagement this afternoon is a demonstration of our commitment to synergize and collaborate with the public as an agency to fight corruption, financial and economic crimes in Nigeria.
“We are here to let the public know that this commitment is working and that stakeholders are collaborating with us. We are here this afternoon to witness the handing over of title documents to victims of financial crimes in Nigeria.
“This has been going on for a while and we want the public to know that there is a need for us to work together as a nation and as a people to ensure that perpetrators of crimes do not get away with crime and the proceeds of their crimes”, EFCC boss was quoted.
In his remark, Chijioke Nwankwoeze, Director of Lands, FCT, thanked the EFCC for righting the wrongs and restoring faith and confidence in Nigerians that all hopes are not lost.
“We have all witnessed the handing over of title documents recovered from people who should not have had it at all.
“The EFCC has over the years collaborated with us in making successes in this regard. People will do all sorts of things to sabotage the system, but with efforts such as this, people would know that it is not necessary to even attempt to commit this type of crime”, Oyewale quoted Chijioke.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Umar thanked the Executive Chairman of the EFCC and the Commission for making it possible for them to regain what they lost to fraudsters.
Credit: The Sun