Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested Udoma David Ekeh, a Tiktok user, for spreading false information about the Commission and its officers.
Udeh, in December 2025, alerted the public that some operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Commission were kidnapped by bandits while on an assignment in a location in Kwara State.
He also insinuated that the bandits demanded huge ransom from the EFCC before releasing the purported officers.
All his claims are fabricated, together with the use of his Tiktok account to incite and misinform the public about the Commission’s relentless efforts in tackling the menace of internet fraud.
Preliminary investigations according to the EFCC showed that the suspect is involved in romance scam by using his Facebook account to impersonate a foreigner with the name Garg Carta.
The commission said he would be charged to court soon
Kaduna Court jails fake Australian for fraud
Justice Jaafaru Zubairu of the Kaduna State High Court has convicted and sentenced one Faruk Suleiman Ololade (a.k.a Caesar Smith) to three years imprisonment for fraud.
He was prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a one-count charge bordering on impersonation.
The charge reads: “That you, Faruk Suleiman Ololade (a.k.a Mr Caesar Smith) on or about the 12th of February, 2026 in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, impersonated one Mr Caesar Smith (an Australian) via Facebook platform and in such assumed character, attempted to defraud members of the public and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 142 (1) of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under the same law.”
He pleaded guilty to the charge, upon which the prosecution counsel, Moses Arumemi prayed the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.
Justice Zubairu convicted and sentenced him to three years imprisonment or to pay N300,000 (Three Hundred Thousand Naira) fine. In addition, he forfeited his Redmi 15C mobile phone with IMEI 865422074373745, being the instrument of his crime to the federal government.
The convict was arrested following actionable intelligence on the activities of suspected internet fraudsters around Turaki Signboard, Agwa, Kaduna State.