The Economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) on Wednesday declared the CEO of MBA Capital and Trading Limited, Maxwell Odum wanted over an ostensible 213 billion naira fraud. EFCC urged members of the public with info of Odum’s whereabouts to report to them or to security agencies. According to the anti-graft commission, Odum’s last known address is at 7, Odum Street, Elekahia, Port Harcourt, Rivers state
A statement by the agency’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, reads “The general public is hereby notified that MAXWELL CHIZI ODUM, A.K.A. MBA TRADING AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT LIMITED, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an alleged case of Conspiracy, Obtaining Money by False Pretence and Money Laundering to the tune of N213,000,000,000.00 (Two Hundred and Thirteen Billion Naira) only. “Odum is a native of Ikwerre in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State.
The agency appeals to the public saying “Anybody with useful information about his whereabouts should please contact the Commission office in Benin, Kaduna, Ibadan, Sokoto, Gombe, Maiduguri, Makurdi, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt and Abuja offices…or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies.”
What Some scammed Victims of Odum have to say
Rashidat, a victim, told TheCable that she invested N1 million to meet up with her family needs.
“I invested N1 million for myself and my children. I did that then so I could come up with their school needs and also cater for the house needs, but now I have been left with nothing and it has been difficult for me since then,” she narrated.
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“A lot of families are affected by this unfortunate event, and I am still struggling to raise the money back.”
In April, Hamzat Bashar, a resident of Sokoto, was sentenced to 70 years in prison for defrauding several persons of a total of N29,865,000.
In another development, the EFCC, in May, arrested one Amos Omotade-Sparks, identified as the operator of ‘Inks Nation’, for allegedly defrauding people to the tune of N32 million.
Nigerians do not learn from their past mistakes. A lot of victims have been scammed of various schemes of alleged fraud, ranging from MMM to Loom.
