The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has denied claims made by Justin Gbagir, Chairman Makurdi Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, that he was assaulted and brutalized by operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Office of the Commission on June 8, 2021, leading to his being hospitalized at BUSTH. A statement by the anti-graft…
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered that ex-chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina be remanded in prison custody till the end of his trial. The judgment by Justice Okong Abang on Friday, December 4, 2020 come barely 24hrs after Maina was extradited to Nigeria following arrest in Niger. According to Abang,…
A serving military officer has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The officer, Major General Emmanuel Atewe, was taken to court by the agency on Friday, June 3, 2016 alongside three others, including the former Director General of NIMASA, Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi. The two other persons are Kime Engozu and Josphine…