The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared wanted the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Emmanuel Wisdom Okoh and Chief Operating Officer and board member, Angel Odumodu of Vetifly Global Inc. for alleged stealing and obtaining money by false pretence. The anti-graft agency in a public notice on Wednesday, displaying the photographs of the wanted persons, said, “The public is hereby notified that the persons whose photographs appear above are wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an alleged case of Conspiracy, Stealing and Obtaining Money by False Pretense linked to their company – Vetifly Global Inc. Odumodu is 36 years old, and his last known address is: Plot 6, ELM Street, Osbourne Forshore Estate, Phase 2, Ikoyi, Lagos State. “Okoh, 37, was last seen at Plot 6, ELM Street, Osbourne Forshore Estate, Phase 2, Ikoyi, Lagos State.” Vetifly says on its website that it offers helicopter ride services that include intercity shuttle, intracity
Wema Bank, Nigeria’s foremost innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has alerted its customers to beware of fraudulent antics involving requests for advance payments to secure loans, asserting that Wema Bank will never request any form of advance payment into personal or corporate accounts before disbursing loans. This notice was issued following recent inquiries by customers who had received messages from fraudsters impersonating certain personalities and organisations, asking them to pay certain amounts into a 3rd party Wema Bank Account to secure a loan. The bank has responded to these inquiries, explicitly stating that Wema Bank loans do not come at any advance cost, and that all requests for advance payment for loan disbursement must be denied. Wema Bank further charged customers to report all such cases to the bank by either sending an email to purpleconnect@wemabank.com with proof attached or sending a Direct Message (DM) to the bank’s official