{"id":64694,"date":"2025-04-24T05:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64694"},"modified":"2025-04-24T05:32:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:32:02","slug":"efcc-raises-land-fraud-alert-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/24\/efcc-raises-land-fraud-alert-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Raises Land Fraud Alert in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised the alarm over rising land scams in Abuja, warning residents to tread carefully before buying any property.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the arrest of a suspected serial fraudster, Nwobo Williams Chibuike, accused of using fake names and bogus companies to deceive buyers into purchasing non-existent plots.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say Chibuike lured unsuspecting victims with supposed offers in Kurudu, Sabon Lugbe East Extension, Kpeyegyi and Jikoyi Village Extension.<\/p>\n<p>He reportedly presented forged documents to seal these sham deals.<\/p>\n<p>The EFCC is urging the public to verify land titles and ownership details with relevant authorities before making payments.<\/p>\n<p>The agency stressed that caution and due diligence are key to avoiding heartache and financial loss.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission\u2019s latest bust underscores the growing risk of land fraud in the city and the need for vigilance by anyone seeking to own property in the capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised the alarm over rising land scams in Abuja, warning residents to tread carefully before buying any property. This follows the arrest of a suspected serial fraudster, Nwobo Williams Chibuike, accused of using fake names and bogus companies to deceive buyers into purchasing non-existent plots. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":64695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,181],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-crime","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64696,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64694\/revisions\/64696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}