EFCC Calls Witness in Trial of EDIDIONG JAMES for Alleged $41,000 Romance Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has called its first prosecution witness in the trial of one EDIDIONG NSIDORE JAMES for alleged romance scam.

EDIDIONG is being prosecuted by the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the EFCC before Justice MAURINE OYETENU of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.

The prosecution witness, UYIME MOSES, who is a Deputy Superintendent of EFCC, told the court that the evidence of EDIDIONG’s involvement in a $41,000 romance scam was discovered in his mobile phone.

UYIME MOSES disclosed that EDIDIONG had in his communication with his victim, a Hungarian woman identified simply as ELIZABETH, admitted obtaining money from her fraudulently, and offered to return same, if only the woman would give him additional Nine Hundred Dollars.

The witness said although the defendant claimed that he only benefited about Four Thousand Dollars from ELIZABETH, their “conversations retrieved from his devices revealed that he received way more than the amount he claimed.”

EDIDIONG was first arraigned on January 30, 2026, and he pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the three-count charges preferred against him by the EFCC.