NJC raises alarm over alleged fraudulent calls to retired judicial officers

Tamarauemi Ebimini

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has raised the alarm over alleged incessant attempts by a group of fraudsters to defraud retired judicial officers across the country.

The Council claimed that the alleged fraudsters have been bombarding retired judicial officers with phone calls, demanding for various sums of money to help them fast-track payment of their retirement benefits.

NJC, in a statement by its Director of Information, Soji Oye, in Abuja, yesterday, dissociated itself from the actions, pleading with retired judicial officers not to fall victims of such unscrupulous people.

The statement reads in part: “The attention of the NJC has been drawn to the incessant phone calls to retired judicial officers by some unscrupulous individuals, demanding payments to fast-track the processing of their retirement benefits.”

“The NJC, by this medium, is informing retired judicial officers and members of the public to disregard such phone calls, as NJC would never demand money from any officer to fast-track payment of his retirement benefit.

“The public is, hereby, advised to be wary of such, and report such calls to the Pension Department of the Council for appropriate action.”