Dr Kingsley Emu, the Secretary to the State Government(SSG)has raised alarm over the unwholesome activities of fraudsters who succeeded in setting up fake WhatsApp account purported to belong to the Secretary to the State Government SSG, with the intent to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
Recall that the present SSG’s phones Kingsley Emu have been hacked more than twice including that of the Chief Press Secretary CPS to the State Governor, Sir Festus Ahon among other government officials
Investigation also showed that sometime in November 2021, fraudsters successfully hacked into Delta State website and fixed job application fee of N8,500 which the then government under Senator Ifeanyi Okowa quickly dismissed that very online advertisement for recruitment into the civil service, declaring it as fraudulent.
The latest alarm was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the office of the SSG, Kingsley Emu.
Entitled ‘BE WARY OF SCAMMERS, DELTA SSG WARNS PUBLIC’, reads:
“The attention of the Secretary to Delta State Government (SSG) has again been drawn to the activities of some impostors who are using the name of his office to engage unsuspecting members of the public through phone number 08085129491 ( acct details: Jonah Kumor.4235384296.Zenith Bank), and a fake WhatsApp account that has the picture of the SSG, and with the clear intention of defrauding them by promising political appointments and also offering non-existing contract awards from the state government.
“The office of the Secretary to the Delta State Government is issuing this disclaimer as an alert to the public to disregard any message or phone call in the nature of a solicitation as neither the SSG nor his office works through such a process.
“It needs to be stated that security agencies have been notified of the fraudulent activities of these faceless groups, and investigation is ongoing to unravel those behind the scam.
“Therefore, it is in the interest of these groups of persons to desist from these unwholesome acts as anyone caught would be made to face the full wrath of the law”, the statement added.
