My account has been hacked! Lokpobiri cries out

Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum Sources (oil and fuel) has raised alarm over the hacking of his account by a fraudster who’s now sending messages to his contacts to solicit for funds.

The fraudster, in accordance with a pattern of his message shared by the Minister on his X deal with, is asking the contacts to pay to 2 accounts in Wema Bank.

Whereas calling on safety operatives to unmask the fraudster, the Lokpobiri urged the general public to keep away from falling for the financial solicitation as he warned that the demand is just not from him.

See the complete assertion by Heineken Lokpobiri under

It has come to my consideration that my account has been hacked, and the perpetrator is at the moment sending out fraudulent messages in my title, asking individuals to ship cash to the next financial institution particulars:

Financial institution: Wema Bank
Account Identify: Arcadia Hospitality
Account Numbers: 9945807774 and 9949889589

I wish to make it explicitly clear that these messages usually are not from me, and I’ve no involvement in any such requests. I urge the general public to ignore any such messages and never interact with the person behind this. Please, confirm any suspicious communication straight via authentic means earlier than taking any motion.

I name on @wemabank to hold out due diligence on the aforementioned account to forestall additional exploitation, whereas interesting to the suitable safety businesses to intervene promptly and examine this matter, because it poses a big menace to these receiving these fraudulent messages.

Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri Ph.D.