Sept. 5, 2023

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has clarified why it recruited a purported fraud suspect, Adedamola Adewale (aka Ade Herself) to speak at the NYSC Orientation lecture of August 31, 2023 in Lagos to educate the youths against cybercrime.

takes notice of the public reaction to the speaking engagement of with many questioning the Commission’s wisdom in .

According to the Commission in a statement, the public’s concern to question its wisdom is duly acknowledged. “Unfortunately, most of the comments bordered on lack of information on the status of the case involving Miss Adewale”.

“It is important to state that the fraud charges brought against the Influencer by the Commission had been determined.

“Indeed, her presence in the Commission is pursuant to the judgement of court that ordered the Commission to tap her talent as an actress, skit maker and social media influencer in a programme of reformation to dissuade other youths from getting entangled in cybercrimes.

The EFCC however noted further that her engagement with the Commission was part of her non-custodial sentence.