The Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, May 16, 2022 arrested serving Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris. According to a statement released the Commission, Ahmed Idris was arrested in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80billion (Eighty Billion Naira) only.…
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 arrested thirty suspected internet fraudsters in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The suspects, comprising of twenty-eight males and two females were arrested at different locations in Ado-Ekiti based on credible intelligence obtained by the Command. They are Godspower Falodun, Omoniyi Pelumi, Victor Damilola, Akerele Olugbenga,…
A wire fraud suspect, Adedunmola Gbadegesin was on Tuesday April 26, 2022, extradited to the United States where he is wanted in a case of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The offence contravenes Title 18, US Code, Section 1349 and 1956 (h) and carries a maximum jail term of 20 years. His…
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Fidelis Poor, a member of a syndicate who allegedly connived to defraud a first Class Traditional Ruler in Kwara State, His Royal Highness Idris Sero Abubakar, to the tune of N33,399,999. Poor, 30, who hails from Stwue in Konshisha Local…
Debest Osarumwense, mother of Endurance Osarumwense, an internet fraudster a.k.a. ‘Yahoo boy was on Tuesday March 29, 2022, sentenced to five years imprisonment by Justice M. S. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City. Debest was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a one count charge for aiding her…
The EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Command on Monday, March 14, 2022, took over a metal barge, Kanye, a tugboat, MV BONNY RIVER, five (5) Crew members and a DAF truck with registration number JEG 206 XB, from the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder at Rumuolumeni in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The crew of Victor Elias,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Command, on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, secured the conviction of a former Minister of Water Resources in the administration former President Goodluck Jonathan, Sarah Ochekpe. Ochekpe was convicted along with two others, Evan Leo Sunday Jitong and Raymond Dabo, deputy director for Goodluck/Sambo 2015 election campaign…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has appealed to the public to embrace the Whistleblowing Policy of the Federal Government in exposing economic and financial crimes. He assured that the Policy is still very much in force, and whistle blowers have the opportunity for legitimate earning by exposing…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Command on Friday, January 28, 2022, returned eleven houses recovered in different parts of Enugu to Chief Arthur Eze. A statement by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren on Monday in Abuja disclosed that the properties were recovered by the commission from the duo of Olisaebuka Okechukwu…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, January 24, 2022, re-arraigned Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation; Nenadi Esther Usman, a former Minister of Finance; Yusuf Danjuma, a former National Chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) and a company, Joint-Trust Dimensions Nigeria Limited. They were re-arraigned before Justice…