Photo of Illegal Polytechnic Operator arraigned for extorting students in Ekiti state

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today arraigned one Johnson Babatola (pictured) before Justice Taiwo O. T of the Federal High Court sitting in Ado- Ekiti, Ekiti State, on a 7-count charge bordering on Advance fee fraud and operation of illegal polytechnic.

Babatola, a former Principal Manager of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Ado-Ekiti branch was arrested following a petition from the National Board for Technical Education, Kaduna, alleging that he was operating an illegal Polytechnic named Teedek Polytechnic at Ilogbo, Ekiti State and extorting gullible students who are not aware of the status of the institution. However, he pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him.