Operatives of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested six suspected members of a syndicate accused of engaging in a land fraud where the victim was duped of N6 million.
EFCC’s spokesman, Dele Ojewale disclosed this to journalists in Uyo, the state capital.
Ojewale listed the suspects as Enobong Clement Etim a.k.a. Edet Nsem Udo, Iniakop Okot, Emmanuel Edet, Essien Edet Aniedi, Christopher Anthony and Edwin Etim.
He said the suspects were arrested at different locations in Akwa Ibom State following claims of a petitioner, Aniekan Etukudo Koffi that the prime suspect, Enobong Clement Etim along his accomplices, used a pseudo name to defraud him of the said sum in a transaction involving a parcel of land located at Ifa Ikot Ubo, Ifa Ikot Okpon–Etoi, in Uyo.
Ojewale explained that “the petitioner alleged that he was introduced to the prime suspect and his gang in July 2025 through a member of the syndicate who claimed to have access to a prime parcel of land which, according to them, was up for sale.”
The petitioner alleged to have been taken to the said piece of land for inspection, and was eventually shown some forged documents by the arrested suspects.
“Relying on their offer which he eventually found to be fraudulent, the petitioner allegedly paid N6 million to the alleged fraudsters, with an initial transfer of N4 million into a UBA Account Number: 1027675758 belonging to the prime suspect.
“Preliminary investigations have shown that the said piece of land does not belong to Enobong Clements Etim or any member of the syndicate, and that the petitioner was defrauded of the sum of N6 million,” Ojewale recalled.
Ojewale said efforts were still ongoing to apprehend other accomplices and recover the petitioner’s funds.
