EFCC accuses 53-yr-old woman of defrauding church members in Kwara

Olajumoke Oyawoye, 53, was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday with defrauding 23 churchgoers who were looking for work.

The Kwara State Ministry of Finance employee Oyawoye is alleged to have defrauded her unwitting victims, who were members of the Christ Apostolic Church in Offa, Kwara state.

This was disclosed by the anti-graft agency on its verified Twitter on Tuesday.

It tweeted, “The Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC has arraigned a 53-year old civil servant: Oyawoye R. Olajumoke Fafemi, for allegedly defrauding 23 (twenty-three) church members seeking employment.

“Fafemi, a staff of Kwara State Ministry of Finance, was arraigned before Justice Mohammed Sani of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ilorin on Monday, September 26, 2022 on four-count charges, bordering on employment and Hajj pilgrimage scam.

“The defendant was accused of collecting various sums of money from 23 members of the Christ Apostolic Church in Offa, Kwara State, under the guise of helping them secure employment in the Kwara State Civil Service Commission and Federal Government Parastatals.”