EFCC raises alarm on fake Bawa Twitter Accounts

By BASHIR ADEFAKA

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has expressed the wish to alert the public on existence of fake Twitter Accounts supposedly belonging to the the new Chairman of the Commission, Mallam Abdulrasheed Bawa.

This alert was contained in a statement issued by the Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, and posted via official Twitter handle of the anti-corruption agency @officialefcc on Saturday.

According to the statement, the EFCC said, “Three of the fake accounts created in the last few days: @AbdurasheedBawa,@AbdulrBawa and@AbdulrashidBaw1; have been attracting followers in droves, believing they were dealing with the EFCC boss.

“At least, more than 500 unsuspecting Nigerians have been hoodwinked by the promoters of these fake platforms.

The Commission wishes to state that these Twitter Accounts do not belong to Mr. Bawa, and should be disregarded.

“The EFCC equally wishes to remind members of the public that unauthorised use of the name and image of someone else, is identity theft, a criminal offence.

“The Commission will not hesitate to bring the full weight of the law on any erring individual or group.

“The EFCC official Twitter handle remains, @officialefcc,” it said.

See the faces of the fake Twitter Accounts below: