Fraudsters hack into Gov. Ugwuanyi's cell phone

On Wednesday, the Airtel cell phone number of His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Governor of Enugu State, was hacked into by unknown persons for suspected fraudulent activities.

A statement by Uwakwe Abugu, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, stated that “this announcement is to, hereby, draw the attention of members of  the public, especially those who have been reached or contacted by the suspected fraudsters and to urge them to totally disregard any communication extended to them through that cell phone number purporting to have emanated from His Excellency, the governor.”

“Relevant security agencies have been appropriately contacted to investigate the unfortunate incident and, accordingly, track down the perpetrators of the scam”, the statement added.