53-year-old civil servant arrested for allegedly defrauding 23 Church Members

53-year-old civil servant arrested for allegedly defrauding 23 Church Members

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned a 53-year-old civil servant, Mrs Oyawoye Olajumoke Fafemi, for the alleged defrauding of 23 church members seeking employment.

Jumoke was arraigned before Justice Mohammed Sani of the Federal High in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Monday, September 26, by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Commission.

53-year-old civil servant arrested for allegedly defrauding 23 Church Members

The suspect, who’s a staff member of the Kwara State Ministry of Finance, was arraigned on four counts bordering on employment scam and Hajj pilgrimage fraud.

EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Tuesday, September 27, revealed that the defendant was accused of collecting various sums of money from 23 members of the Christ Apostolic Church in Offa, Kwara State, under the guise of helping them secure employment in the Kwara State Civil Service Commission and Federal Government Parastatals which she never fulfilled.

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