Police authorities, on Tuesday, revealed how a cyber criminal hacked into the system of the Enugu State Government and stole a whooping sum of N1,097,700,300 from its coffers.
The police, however, said it took the swift intervention of the operatives of its departments, National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), to trace the hacker and recover the stolen money.
Spokesman of the Force, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja during a press briefing, gave the name of the suspected hacker as Osita Onuma.
The police image maker told newsmen that the hacker has been taken into custody, while the funds estimated to be $754,977 has been returned to the State government treasury.
Adejobi said: “NPF-NCCC investigated a report by the Enugu State Government against one Onuma Osita, who defrauded the Enugu State Government of over N1billion in a procurement fraud.