NIN: EFCC warns Nigerians against Selling their NIN
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission/(EFCC), has cautioned Nigerians against selling of their National Identity Number (NIN)
EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, who according to a press statement noting that the sale of NIN is illegal and could lead to prosecution if misused.
Uwujaren alsl explained that some persons are cashing in on the excercise to induce enrollees to sell their NIN for a fee. The buyers of the numbers are also trading with them to persons whose motives are anything but noble.
The statement reads in part, “As Nigerians struggle to acquire the National Identity Number, NIN, from offices of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, across the country, it has come to the knowledge of the EFCC, that some unscrupulous persons are cashing in on the excercise to induce enrollees to sell their NIN for a fee.
“The buyers of the numbers are also trading with them to persons whose motives are anything but noble.
” The EFCC wishes to alert Nigerians that it is not only illegal to sell their NIN, they stand the risk of vicarious liability for any act of criminality linked to their NIN.
” In other words, they risk arrest and prosecution for any act of criminality linked to their NIN whether or not they are directly responsible for such crimes.”