Niger State Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu at the weekend said he had fallen a victim of e-fraud.
He raised the alarm that his e-mail account had been hacked into by unidentified persons.
A statement yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Danladi Ndayebo, said Aliyu’s e-mail account had been hacked by unknown persons who used it to send messages to many of his contacts soliciting assistance from them.
According to Ndayebo, the message sent out by the hackers to Aliyu’s contacts had the subject: ‘Urgent assistance’, and it reads: “I didn’t tell you about our travel to Spain for a short vacation, but unfortunately we were robbed at the hotel where we lodged along with other folks. We didn’t bring our phones here and the hotel telephone lines were disconnected during the incident. So I have access to only e-mail.
“Please I’m going to need some sort of loan from you for us to relocate to another hotel close to the embassy and that to get us another flight ticket…Please, let me know if you can help us out. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.”
Describing the hackers as unscrupulous, Aliyu said he neither sent nor authorised anyone to send out such messages on his behalf.
The governor asked those who have received the ludicrous solicitation to ignore it. He thanked Nigerians who brought the issue to his attention.
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