The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos to dismiss the no-case submission filed by a suspected internet fraudster, Ismail Mustapha, alias Mompha. Mompha is standing trial over an alleged N32.9 billion fraud. He was re-arraigned on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 alongside…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal office, on Friday, October 9 2020, arraigned one Otsapa Ubani Otsapa, chairman of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ado Local Government Chapter, Benue State, before Justice Moris Ikpambese of the Benue State High Court, Makurdi, on a two count charge of criminal…
The Nigeria Customs Area Command in Kano has handed over one Sanusi Abdullahi Labaran, arrested as he attempted to smuggle 5,342 Automated Teller Machine cards out of the country, to the Kano Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for further investigation. Custom Area Controller, Kano – Jigawa Command, Nasiru Ahmed who…
The Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, October 2, 2020, took over a vessel, MV Poseidon alongside 10 crew members, after they were arrested on July 20, 2020 by the Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft, for investigation and prosecution. The suspects are: Umoh Samuel, Abonida Seaman, Ogidigbo Kelly, Ajemfuja…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Friday, October 2, 2020, arrested 10 men for their alleged involvement in internet frauds. The suspects are: Isaac Ogundayo; David Ayodele; Etiowe Kelvin; Seun Afolabi; Saheed Olalekan; Oluwatobi Damilola; Sukanmi Odofin; Ademola Okunola; Joseph Damilare and Abass Sodiq. They were arrested in their hideout at Ajinde Road…
A man identified as Tunde Martins, who defrauded Diamond Bank of N30 million, has been jailed on Monday for 7 years by Justice Josephine Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court Igbosere, Lagos The convict had obtained the said sum as a loan from Diamond Bank Plc, with a forged Certificate of Occupancy, C of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri zonal office, on Monday, September 14, 2020 re-arraigned Aisha Alkali Wakil, a.k.a “Mama Boko Haram” before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on three fresh separate offences of fraud to the tune of N97,400,000.00 (Ninety-Seven Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira) only. Each…
A former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has forfeited a sum of N250 million to the Federal Government. This was made known by a statement released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday. The commission, however, did not reveal the name of the former Managing Director in the…
Former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Monday, August 1, 2016, went to the Abuja office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to submit his petition against Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara. Jibrin accused Dogara and other members of the House of padding the 2016…
The premises of the National Aviation Handling Company, NAHCO, at the Mur’tala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos was last Thursday invaded by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. During the operation, which lasted few hours, movements were restricted by the EFCC, and computers at the Audit department as well as other key…