{"id":2176,"date":"2026-04-01T12:23:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/?p=2176"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:23:46","slug":"efcc-nabs-abuja-property-agent-over-alleged-%e2%82%a6288m-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/2026\/04\/01\/efcc-nabs-abuja-property-agent-over-alleged-%e2%82%a6288m-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC nabs Abuja property Agent over alleged \u20a6288m fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested an Abuja-based house agent, Hajia Adama Ahmed Adamu, over an alleged property fraud amounting to \u20a6288 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, noting that the suspect was apprehended by operatives of its Ilorin Zonal Directorate following a petition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the commission, Adamu allegedly obtained the funds from a complainant, Alhaji Tanko Yawale, under the pretext of facilitating the purchase of a property in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC has arrested an Abuja-based house agent, Hajia Adama Ahmed Adamu, over an alleged property fraud to the tune of \u20a6288 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe suspect allegedly obtained the money from Alhaji Tanko Yawale under the pretext of facilitating the purchase of a property located at House 31, Haile Selassie Street, Asokoro, Abuja,\u201d the agency stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EFCC further revealed that the suspect allegedly failed to provide valid documentation for the property after receiving the money, which raised suspicion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFollowing the payment, Hajia Adamu allegedly failed to provide the complainant with valid documents for the property and subsequently became evasive, prompting a formal petition to the EFCC,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Property-related fraud remains a recurring issue in Nigeria\u2019s real estate sector, particularly in major cities like Abuja, where unsuspecting buyers are often targeted by fraudulent agents posing as legitimate intermediaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commission said it has intensified its crackdown on land and housing scams in recent months, urging the public to always verify property ownership and documentation before making payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested an Abuja-based house agent, Hajia Adama Ahmed Adamu, over an alleged property fraud amounting to \u20a6288 million. The agency disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, noting that the suspect was apprehended by operatives of its Ilorin Zonal Directorate following a petition. According to the commission, Adamu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[429],"tags":[62,787,568,784,293,785,369],"class_list":["post-2176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-efcc","tag-abuja","tag-agent","tag-alleged","tag-efcc","tag-fraud","tag-nabs","tag-over"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2179,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176\/revisions\/2179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}