{"id":34566,"date":"2021-01-07T18:23:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T18:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=34566"},"modified":"2021-01-07T15:43:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T15:43:30","slug":"efcc-warns-nigerians-against-selling-their-nin-reveals-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/efcc-warns-nigerians-against-selling-their-nin-reveals-consequences","title":{"rendered":"EFCC warns Nigerians against selling their NIN, reveals consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>As the ongoing struggle by some Nigerians to get their National Identity Number (NIN) continues, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned against selling it.<\/p>\n<p>There has been an influx of Nigerians to offices of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) across the country in efforts to obtain their NIN.<\/p>\n<p>But the EFCC, in a statement by its Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren on Thursday, said it had come to the commission\u2019s knowledge that \u201csome unscrupulous persons are cashing in on the exercise to induce enrollees to sell their NIN for a fee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The EFCC added, \u201cThe buyers of the numbers are also trading with them to persons whose motives are anything but noble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The commission said it was alerting Nigerians to know that it was not only illegal for them to sell their NIN but that they stand the risk of vicarious liability for any act of criminality linked to their NIN.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ ALSO: NIN: Thousands stranded as NIMC staff embark on strike<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn other words, they risk arrest and prosecution for any act of criminality linked to their NIN whether or not they are directly responsible for such crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission warns members of the public against selling their NIN and to report anyone seeking to buy their NIN, to the nearest office of the EFCC or other law enforcement agencies,\u201d the EFCC said.<\/p>\n<p>By Ebere Ndukwu \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Opinions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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