National Judicial Council Raises Alarm over Disturbing Calls to Retired Judges by Fraudsters

National Judicial Council has expressed concern over the rise in phone calls to retired judicial officers by some fraudulent individuals.

The individuals, according to the council, are demanding various sum of money, to assist them in facilitating the processing of their retirement benefits.

The Council Director of Information, Barrister Soji Oye, asked the retired judicial officers to ignore the phone calls.

Otherwise, the council asks them to report such phone calls to its pension’s department for appropriate action.

The council urged the retired judicial officers not to fall victims to such fraudsters.

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The National Judicial Council by this medium, informs retired Judicial Officers and members of the public to disregard such phone calls as NJC would never demand money from any Judicial Officer to fast track the payment of his retirement benefit.

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

The activities of fraudsters have severely impacted the country’s reputation and inflicted substantial harm on their victims.

In quarter 3 of 2022, as reported by the Financial Institutions Training Centre, the total sum lost to fraudulent activities soared by 207.9 percent in Nigeria.

The report added that the sum rose to N3.6 billion in Q3 from N1.2 billion in the previous quarter, while the sum reported to be involved in fraud cases increased slightly by 9.5 percent to N9.62 billion.