The Council claimed that the fraudsters had
been bombarding its retired Judicial officers with phone calls demanding
various sums of money to help them fast-track payment of their retirement
benefits.
In a statement on Sunday, the NJC Director
of Information, Soji Oye distanced the council from the actions of the alleged
fraudsters and urged retired Judicial officers to avoid becoming victims of
these unscrupulous individuals.
The statement read in part “The attention of
the National Judicial Council has been drawn to the incessant phone calls being
made to retired Judicial Officers by some unscrupulous individuals demanding
payments to fast track the processing of their retirement benefits.
“The National Judicial Council by this medium, informs
retired Judicial Officers and members of the public to disregard such phone
calls as NJC would never demand money from any Judicial Officer to fast track
the payment of his retirement benefit
“The public is hereby advised to be wary of
and report such calls to the Pension Department of the Council for appropriate
action”.
The activities of fraudsters have severely
impacted the country’s reputation and inflicted substantial harm on their
victims.
In quarter 3 of 2022, as reported by the
Financial Institutions Training Centre, the total sum lost to fraudulent
activities soared by 207.9 percent in Nigeria.
The report added that the sum rose to N3.6
billion in Q3 from N1.2 billion in the previous quarter, while the sum reported
to be involved in fraud cases increased slightly by 9.5 percent to N9.62
billion.
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