Lagos State
governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday raised alarm that his phone number
has been hacked by some fraudsters to extort money from members of the state
cabinet and permanent secretary. He said the fraudsters had opened an account
in Skye Bank and used his phone number to send text messages to members of his
cabinet to pay some specified amount of money into it. “I must use this
opportunity to appeal to all citizens and all of those who have received text
messages purportedly being sent in my name. Apparently my phone has been cloned
by some internet fraudsters, they sent messages round to my commissioners and
permanent secretaries asking them to come and pay money into one Skye Bank
account. “Please ignore those messages, they are not from us.
It apparently shows the
desperation to make money by all means.
desperation to make money by all means.
These are the small crimes,
those are the corrupt tendencies that we must all as a nation put to bed.
those are the corrupt tendencies that we must all as a nation put to bed.
They are the ones that lead to
the bigger crimes. If we focus our attention on the bigger crimes, we will lose
the larger picture.
the bigger crimes. If we focus our attention on the bigger crimes, we will lose
the larger picture.
All of these speak to the need
for increasing compliance with law and order in every state, every local
government, every ward, every home.
for increasing compliance with law and order in every state, every local
government, every ward, every home.
All of us must rise up and
reclaim our country back from this lawlessness.”
reclaim our country back from this lawlessness.”
Fashola bemoaned the
development, adding that making money through cheap means could halt the
nation’s value system .
development, adding that making money through cheap means could halt the
nation’s value system .
Meanwhile, the governor has
ordered a full –scale investigation into the circumstances that led to the
battering of a photojournalist of Leadership newspaper, Benedict Uwalaka , by
mortuary attendants at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) on
the allegation that he had photographs of one of the corpses of Dana plane
crash.
ordered a full –scale investigation into the circumstances that led to the
battering of a photojournalist of Leadership newspaper, Benedict Uwalaka , by
mortuary attendants at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) on
the allegation that he had photographs of one of the corpses of Dana plane
crash.
Source: National Mirror
