The Secretary of the Presidential Campaign Council of All Progressives Congress (APC), James Faleke, has asked Nigerians to ignore messages from his Facebook account demanding money from people.

Mr Faleke, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Ikeja Federal Constituency, in a statement on Thursday, said his Facebook account was hacked and cybercriminals are using it to demand money from people.

The lawmaker disowned the perpetrators of the crime, who are asking unsuspecting Nigerians to pay the sum of N18, 500 to access the empowerment fund from the PCC.

He said: “I have been inundated with reports from several Nigerians about the activities of some unscrupulous elements who hacked my official Facebook account, to extort unsuspecting Nigerians.

“According to them, these individuals requested that the intending beneficiaries should pay the sum of N18,500 into a designated account.

“One of the individuals behind this fraud is also sending messages to unsuspecting victims using the name of a certain Dr Lukman Johnny with phone number 08147136835, and who is said to be a staff of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture in Abuja,” he said.

Mr Faleke shared a sample of the message which reads; “Dr Lukman Johnny on 08147136835 tell him I directed you. He is the director in charge of the empowerment fund in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture here in Abuja, he will guide you on what to do.”

He said there is no empowerment scheme by the APC campaign council that requires beneficiaries to pay any money.

“I, therefore, wish to put on record that I am not aware of any empowerment fund being allocated or distributed to any individual or group of persons by Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, or by myself.

“At no given time did I initiate such a scheme and will not subscribe to any form of dubious activities of fraudsters.

“While I urge Nigerians not to subscribe to the antics of these criminals, I also wish to appeal to all and sundry to track and report the activities of the criminals to relevant security agencies near them and ensure that they are apprehended and prosecuted,” Mr Faleke said.

lhordspy:
Emekas and chibuikes are trying to play a fast one on Mr Faleke by hacking into his FB to commit fraud.

Looks like the Peter Obi donation format stop working. Since Obi is no more a selling candidate among Nigeria. So they resorted to hacking and cashing out using Tinubu, the Man of the moment name to commit fraud.

BigSarah:


If the opposition was responsible, won't it be more reasonable to hack APC official handles, than a lone campaign member.

This one just scammed his constituents and blaming ghosts

oyebanji44:
zombidients are hungry seriously

Blaze14k:


You seriously makin yourself a clown..

Jostoman:
Na now lagos landlord remember empowerment where was he, his governor, and lagos state speaker when hungry wan finish lagossians during Covid-19 Lockdown?

It is confirm Apc are sending messages to some of their Apc members who they said are beneficiary.