Hottestgistnaija.com
The mobile phone of Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, was recently hacked by unknown fraudsters – Chidi Aroh, the state’s information commissioner, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, April 16.
Members of the public have been urged to disregard any call or message from that particular phone line A report by Premium Times indicates that the mobile phone of Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, was hacked by unknown fraudsters on Thursday, April 16.
This was revealed in a statement by Chidi Aroh, the state’s information commissioner, adding that the hackers used the governor’s phone to call people including state government officials.
However, the Enugu state government, in the statement, asked members of the public to disregard any calls or messages from the said line.
The commissioner said: “It has come to the knowledge of Enugu State Government that the Cell Phone Line of His Excellency, the Governor of Enugu State was hacked by unknown fraudsters today, and has been used to call members of the public including Government Officials.
“The Security Agencies and the Telecom Service Providers have been duly notified and are working round the clock to apprehend the culprits. “We most sincerely regret any embarrassment or inconvenience that these fraudsters may have caused unsuspecting members of the public.”
Meanwhile, News Source previously reported that Babatunde Fashola, the minister of works and housing, explained how a suspected fraudster, Malik Wakili, allegedly hacked his online account for six years to commit internet fraud.
The minister, however, said he was not the direct victim of the fraud, valued at N3.1 million by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).
Wakili was brought before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke for allegedly impersonating Fashola with an intent to gain N3.1 million monetary advantage to himself.
Similarly, in its fight against corruption and other criminal acts in Nigeria, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has reeled out what Nigerians should do when their Facebook account is hacked.
The anti-graft agency in a statement on its Facebook page, told Nigerians certain steps to take before they could report a hacked Facebook account.
According to the statement, before contacting the EFCC to report about your hacked Facebook account, the following steps must be followed
