The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on February 18, 2021 closed its case against a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Paul Usoro, SAN who is standing trial before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos for an alleged N1.4billion fraud. The EFCC charged Usoro with a 10-count charge…
By Wole Arisekola The appointment of 40 year old Abdulrasheed Bawa by President Muhammadu Buhari as the head of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), no doubt ushers in a new dawn at the anti-graft agency that has over the years been riddled with leadership crisis since its establishment many years ago during the…
Few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari nominated Abdulrasheed Bawa on Tuesday for Senate confirmation as the next substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), news surfaced online that he was arrested and detained by the anti-graft agency in 2019 for selling at least 244 trucks worth between N20-30 million each to his…
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President said he was acting in accordance with Paragraph 2(3) of Part1, CAP E1 of EFCC Act 2004. Bawa, 40,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Friday, February 12, 2021 secured the conviction of a former Deputy Chief Registrar of the Oyo State High Court, Mutiat Omobola Adio. She was convicted after pleading guilty to a fresh charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense and issuance of Dishonored Cheque…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have smashed a syndicate of alleged fraudsters who specializes in credit card fraud. The arrested suspects, Daniel C. Stephen, Nestor Ezeani, Sonny Okwaraji, Sylvester E Otuwa and Jeff Ogbonaya, allegedly masterminded the theft of $257,822.16 American Dollars from a new generation bank. The alleged fraudulent transaction…
The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, arrested 39 internet fraud suspects, also known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Boys’. Ten of them were arrested at Ilesha, Osun State, while Twenty-nine others were arrested in different locations at Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State. Those arrested at Ilesha are: Oyesoji Tosin,…
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court yesterday ordered the forfeiture of a property belonging to Sani Dan-Galadima who stood as Faisal Maina’s surety to the Federal Government. Galadima, a member of the House of Representatives representing Kaura-Namoda Federal Constituency of Zamfara used the said property as bail bond for Faisal, son of Abdulrasheed…
A Federal High Court, Abuja has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the nod to arrest Mr. Richard Laing, Managing Director, ExxonMobil Nigeria. Justice Okon Abang on Friday January 29, 2021 granted the Commission’s application for a Bench Warrant to arrest the managing director of the international oil company. EFCC had approached the…
Sam Abiola, a corps member currently serving in Kogi State alongside one Adebiyi Sodiq have been arraigned before a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over separate charges bordering on love scam on Monday, February 1, 2021. Abiola was arraigned on one count charge, while four…