The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a staff member of the University of Benin over alleged salary duplication fraud of ₦3.2m alongside other defendants in separate fraud cases involving N650 million money laundering and N500,000 false pretence across Edo and Borno states.
In a statement shared on its official X handle on Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said:
In Benin, the EFCC’s Zonal Directorate brought Segun Bode Adedeji before Justice E. G. Adekanmbi of the Edo State High Court on a four-count charge “bordering on fraudulent practice to the tune of N3,285,396 (Three Million, Two Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand, Three Hundred and Ninety-Six Naira) only.”
The commission said intelligence gathered by its operatives indicated that the defendant, while serving as a staff of the University of Benin, was allegedly receiving salaries from two public institutions simultaneously.
“Segun Bode Adedeji…
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