The Ogun State Government has distanced itself from a fake website asking unsuspecting indigenes to log in their details in order to receive palliative funds from the federal government
In a statement issued by the Chief Economic Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Wednesday, Oladapo Okubadejo, the government disclosed that the website was “aimed at fleecing gullible and innocent residents of the state,” stressing that it did not emanate from the state government.
Okubadejo, however, warned the masses to refrain from inputting their personal details into the website, stating that the criminals behind it might harvest such details to perpetrate criminal transactions.
“We wish to inform citizens of Ogun State that the website promoting the headline, FG 5bn Naira Ogun State Subsidy Palliative Online Registration (https://fg-5bns-naira-ogun-state.lin) is completely fake.
“The Ogun State Government has not set up any website for the purpose of distributing palliatives,” he warned.
Okubadejo maintained that beneficiaries of the government’s palliatives in Ogun “are not required to visit any websites.”
He added that the site had been reported to the police, “and we will do everything possible under the law to ensure that the masterminds of the fraud are brought to book.”