NJC Warns Retired Judges against Scammers

Alex Enumah in Abuja

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has urged retired judicial officers to be wary of persons contacting them on issues relating to the payment of their retirement benefits.
The advice is following incessant bids by a group of scammers who have targeted the retired judges; promising to help them fast-track payment of their monies.
According to the Council, these alleged scammers have been bombarding retired judicial officers with phone calls demanding for various sums of money to help them fast track payment of their retirement benefits.

NJC in a statement in Abuja yesterday, by its Director of Information, Mr Soji Oye, however, dissociated itself from the actions of the alleged scammers and pleaded with retired judicial officers not to fall victims of the unscrupulous people.
“The attention of the NJC has been drawn to the incessant phone calls being made to retired judicial officers by some unscrupulous individuals demanding payments to fast track the processing of their retirement benefits.

“The NJC by this medium, informs retired judicial officers and members of the public to disregard such phone calls as NJC would never demand money from any judicial officer to fast track the payment of his retirement benefit.
“The public is hereby advised to be wary of  and report such calls to the Pension Department of the Council for appropriate action,” part of the statement added.