By Jane Okafor, Abuja
ABUJA: Fraudsters and hackers have broken into one of the telephone lines of Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, using same to request many financial transfers from his contacts to designated accounts provided by the scammers.
Senator Adeola who advised associates, family members and the public to disregard such requests said the matter had been reported to the appropriate security agencies.
The Aremo of Yewaland who made this known in statement by his media aide Chief Kayode Odunaro on Saturday night, said that he would never request any individual to transfer money to any account on his behalf to solve some emergency or urgent problem.
“The attention of Senator Solomon Adeola Yayi (APC, Ogun West) has been drawn to numerous requests for financial transfers to some accounts, obviously from one of his telephone lines that has been hacked by cyber criminals.
“Members of the general public, friends, relations, family members and associates are advised to completely disregard such solicitations as they are not from the Senator.
“The matter has been reported to relevant security agencies and efforts are ongoing to track down the criminals behind the hacking and solicitation messages to associates of the senator and the accounts presented by the fraudsters.
“Senator Adeola will never request any individual to transfer money to any account on his behalf to solve some emergency or urgent problem.”
