Fraudsters have Hacked the Phone of Enugu State Governor.

It was learnt that Unknown persons have hacked the Airtel mobile line of the
Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
The development was uncovered on Wednesday after suspicious messages were received by some unnamed individuals from the telephone number.
It was learnt that the hackers got in touch with the people they intended to defraud.
It was gathered that those contacted by the hackers were
made to believe that it was the governor that got in touch
with them.
The Enugu State Government has, however, raised the alarm
over the matter.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Uwakwe
Abugu, in a statement, asked members of the public to
ignore any calls or text messages from the said line.
Abugu added that the matter had been reported to security agencies.
The statement read, “The Airtel cell phone number of
Governor Ugwuanyi of Enugu State was hacked by unknown
persons for suspected fraudulent activities.
“This announcement is 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 message sent to them through that cell phone number purporting to have emanated from the governor.
“Relevant security agencies have been appropriately contacted to investigate the unfortunate incident and, accordingly, track down the perpetrators of the scam.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Police
Command, are aware are addressing the Issue.