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NANS South-East Zone Condoles with EFCC over Operative’s Death

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January 24, 2025
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…pledges collaboration and corporation of South-East students in the fight against internet fraud 

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South-East Zone have condoled with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on the loss of one of its operatives, Aminu Sahabi Salisu, stressing that his death caused them grief and regret.

Aminu Salisu, ASE11, was callously murdered on January 17, 2025, by suspected cybercrime perpetrator, Joshua Chukwubueze Ikechukwu, while carrying out his legitimate duties.

A statement made available to newsmen by the commission’s spokesman Dele Oyewale states that; the students expressed their grief and solidarity with the Commission on Friday, January 24, 2025 when a delegation, led by Comrade Charles Obinna Ijeomah paid a condolence visit to the EFCC’s Executive Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede at the Commission’s corporate headquarters, Abuja. 

While pledging the collaboration, cooperation and support of the entire South-East students to the Commission, Ijeomah stated that “As the coordinator of the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS), South-East, the onus falls on me and my colleagues here to ensure that we sanitize and give proper orientation to our students not to indulge in anything that has to do with internet crime and we have been succeeding.

“We are very sorry for the incident that happened lately in Awka. Maybe you may have seen our comments, our stand, we condemned it. An operative was shot in the process of carrying out his official duty. Whatever that is going on in South-East is being controlled by students and I am their leader. I cannot watch and see things go wrong. That is why we condemned the killing of that operative. 

He stated further that, “we are here to let the authority of EFCC understand that we commiserate with you and to tell you not to judge the South-East with what happened. Such acts are not in our blood, it is not in our nature, we are hardworking people, and we don’t indulge in crime. Anybody that indulges in crime in the South-East is not a true son of Igbo. We know how to make money but this idea of being in one room with a device to trick someone is not in our blood.

“We are sad for the loss of the operative. We say sorry to the Enugu Zonal Command and to the EFCC authority for what happened. We assure you that such a thing can never happen again. Our aim of coming here is to let EFCC know that Southeast students are with them and that we’re going to partner with you more to educate our students in the Southeast region to avoid any kind of internet crime. We are here to bring you the news that we are 100 percent open to any form of interaction, collaboration and cooperation between the students of South-East and the EFCC. We are promising you total collaboration. By the time I get to Enugu after this meeting, we will be visiting the Zonal Command and also pay them

A courtesy visit, to let them know they are not alone, that we are with them.

Speaking further, Ijeomah disclosed that the union had programmes and proposals that when implemented, will bring the EFCC closer to university campuses in the Southeast and help to further sensitize the students. “We are promising you that we are going to work with you. We want to let EFCC know that this also provides an opportunity for the Commission to come and give orientation to our students in the Southeast. We will welcome you with an open heart”, he said.

The Commission Secretary, Mr. Muhammad Hammajoda who received the delegation on behalf of the Executive Chairman expressed appreciation  to the students on the condolence visit, noting that “every one of us is a stakeholder in the fight against corruption directly or indirectly. We don’t have any other country apart from Nigeria. You spent your personal money and time to be with us for  you to  understand what we are doing and to also be part of us. We appreciate you and we will continue to appreciate you. We will support you in trying to disseminate anti-corruption information.” 

While urging the students to take advantage of the federal government’s Student’s Loan Scheme, he promised that the Commission will identify with all the noble programmes of the students in the zone if invited. “We will be there for you in all the programmes that you outlined. Please give us an invitation. We will be there. We will be there to be part of you.”

Hammajoda encouraged the students’ leaders on their crusade against students’ involvement in internet crime. “We are sinking day by day with corruption. So let’s educate ourselves that this cyber crime will not take you anywhere. All of us are victims. Nobody has protection against it. Anyone can be attacked. We have a very sound youth population with a very high IQ (intelligence quotient) and ingenuity to do many things,” he said. 

While lending his voice against youths’ involvement in internet crime, Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman,  Commander of the EFCC, CE Michael Nzekwe noted that “cybercrime has done too much damage to us as a country. If you check and find out how much it affected us, you’ll be shocked. Internationally, the image of the country has been battered. When you travel outside the country they look at you in a certain way with  your green passport. So, cybercrime is just one thing that all of us have to put our hands together and be deliberate and intentional to see that we eliminate. EFCC has done so much in ensuring that.”

Besides leveraging on NELFUND, Nzekwe reminded the students of the Credit Scheme of the federal government as a handy window of opportunity for meeting their needs.  “There’s also the credit scheme that is available for students that this government has put in place. So take that as a message to your students that they can assess this fund and the issue of poverty will not even arise.”

Rather than diminish, he noted that the trend of internet crime is rather skyrocketing in the South-East. “You said that in the South-East, you are hard working people and traders, but can I be honest with you? the level of yahoo yahoo in the South-East and other cybercrimes has skyrocketed, and it has not just skyrocketed, it has gotten to the level which they call yahoo plus. They have become ritualists and kidnappers. Why would you have a gun in the house and open fire on someone on a legitimate duty? We are glad that you realized that this is wrong. You have also seen our own Press Release. We have said it very clearly and with a strong voice, that EFCC will not condone that or tolerate that from anybody, whoever the person is, never again.” 

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