The cell phone belonging to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwanyi of Enugu State has been hacked into by unknown fraudsters.
A statement issued by Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Uwakwe Abugu on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 read “This afternoon, the Airtel cell phone number of His Excellency, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi … was hacked into by unknown persons for suspected fraudulent activities.
“This is therefore, 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.”