The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured the conviction of Mohammed Mohammed on Monday, May 17, 2019 before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, the state capital. Mohammed was prosecuted by the EFCC on a one-count charge, bordering on cheating and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N1.640million. Mohammed’s journey to prison started with a petition written against him by Musa Adamu, who alleged that the convict dishonestly induced him to pay him the sum of N1.640,000 (One Million Six Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira) only,…
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Akhigbe Gabriel was on June 17, 2019 arraigned by the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice M.G. Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State. Gabriel was convicted on a three count charge of impersonation and intent to defraud through the internet contrary to Section 22(2)(b)(ii) of the Cyber crime (prohibition, prevention etc) Act 2015 and punishable under Section 22(2)(b)(IV)) of the same Act. Gabriel who at various times presented himself as Mathew Swan, Mathew Chang, David Wong, Richard Swan and Mark Peter was alleged to have, with intent…
Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Paul Afolabi on Monday, June 17, 2019 before Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Judicial Division. He was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on obtaining property under false pretense. Afolabi, who operated through the name William Sharon, was arrested in Ibadan by operatives of the Commission after receiving an intelligence dated May 10, 2018, in which he and other suspects alleged to be members of a syndicate formed to dupe people through the use of the internet. The petitioner had accused them of deploying…
Rule on the admissibility of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) documents sought to be tendered against a former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has been fixed for June 27, 2019 by Justice Daniel Longji of a Plateau State High Court, sitting in Jos last week. Jang is standing trial along with Yusuf Gyang Pam, a cashier of the Office of the Secretary to the Plateau State Government, for allegedly using their position to defraud the state, and enrich themselves after diverting about N2 billion released to the state by the Central Bank of Nigeria, under the Micro, Small…
The further hearing in the ongoing trial of Muhammed Belgore, SAN, 2011 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has been adjourned to Wednesday, June 19, 2019 by Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Belgore is standing trial alongside a former Minister of National Planning, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, for allegedly receiving the sum of N450m on March 27, 2015, from Diezani Allison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources in the run up to the 2015 general elections. At the resumed sitting today, Tayo Oyetibo, counsel to the second defendant, Abubakar,…
Four rogue petroleum product dealers have been convicted by the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the Federal High Court, Calabar, presided over by Justice S. A. Amobeda. The quartet pleaded guilty to a two-count charge brought against them by the Commission. Similarly, the judge also convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters (Yahoo boys), namely: Dugbo Kenny and Uchunor Awele Anthony to six months imprisonment with N50,000 (Fifty Thousand Naira) option of fine of each. They equally forfeited all the instruments used in the commission of the crime to the federal government. The rogue…
The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken custody of a vessel, MV DE BLESSING and 13 suspects allegedly involved in illegal oil bunkering for further investigation and possible prosecution. The Nigerian Navy, through the Forward Operating Base, Bonny, Rivers State yesterday handed over the custody to EFCC. The suspects are: Oribhabor Stanley, Sunny Ndom, Omonojo Segun, Ernest Mabiri, James Agbana, Addwale Adebanjo, Alex Ewa, Victor Oguduvbe, Hope Sunday, Job Daniel Onuh, Tamuno Belema, Onoghese Godwin and Akpoebi Mack. They were on board the vessel, when they were arrested by the patrol team of…
A suspected fraudster, Mohammed Sani, who poses as Senator Lawal Shuaibu, the Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to extort money from unsuspecting victims has been arrested today by the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was arrested by operatives of the Commission following a report, which indicated that he impersonated the Senator to solicit for money which he said will be used to pay for hospital bills, party activities and to solve personal problems. The victims who include governors, politicians and other well-meaning Nigerians, erroneously sent huge sums of money…
Students and members of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been urged to join hands with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-corruption agencies in the country in the fight against economic and financial crimes and corruption. The Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, gave the charge at the maiden edition of the Enugu North Anti-Corruption CDS Inter-School Debate, which held at the Enugu North Local Government Town Hall, June 13, 2019. The Anti-corruption czar made this remark through Chris Oluka, Head, Public Affairs, EFCC Enugu Zone, who represented the Zonal Head, Usman Imam. He stressed…
The Ilorin Zonal Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a 31-year-old herbalist, Jamiu Isiaka on a four-count charge in a Kwara State High Court, before Justice M. Abdulgafar for impersonating the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru and the special adviser to the president on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina and duping a Korean national in the process. The suspect, with others at large,allegedly used the names of the senior government officials to scam a South Korean national, Keun Sig Kim to the tune of N30 million (Thirty Million Naira)…
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, presided over by Justice J.K. Omotosho, has remanded one Bisong James Oyen, a fake employment officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in prison custody. The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of EFCC arraigned Oyen yesterday on a two-count charge bordering on forgery and obtaining money by false pretence contrary to Section 1 (2) (c) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act CAP M17 of the Revised Edition (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 2007, and punishable under Section 1 (2) of the same Act. One of the count charges read:…
Former Managing Director of the National Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, Ibrahim AbdulsalamMore evidence has been tendered against a former Managing Director of the National Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Ibrahim Abdulsalam, who is being prosecuted before Justice Babs Kuewumi of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos over an alleged N2.8bn fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) tendered the addition evidence yesterday, June 13, 2019. Abdulsalam is facing trial alongside Nnamdi Udoh (still at large), Adegorite Olumuyiwa, Segun Agbolade, Clara Aliche, Joy Ayodele Adegorite, Randville Invesment Limited and Multeng Travels and Tours Limited for conspiring to induce NAMA to…
The Makurdi Zonal Head of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Johnson Babalola, has said that the agency is set to start a clampdown on the fraudulent use of Point Of Sale (POS) Machines in the country. This was disclosed in an interactive session with Regional Bank Managers at the EFCC Zonal office in Makurdi, Benue State on June 13, 2019. Speaking on behalf of the acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, he charged banks to ensure proper monitoring and strict compliance by those to whom they issue POS machines. “We are having serious challenges with the banks giving POS machines…
The trial of the four officials of the Kwara State Government accused of money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been adjourned by Justice Babangana Ashigar of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to September 25, 2019 for commencement of trial. The suspects are Abubakar Ishiak, a Permanent Secretary, Kwara State Government House; Shina Mudasir Akorede, Director of Administration and Finance; Rasaq Momonu, Controller, Finance and Account, Kwara State Government House and Hafees Yusuf, Cashier, Kwara State Government House. Count one of the charge reads: “That you, Abubakar Ishiak, being the…
A woman by name Mary Senge was yesterday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi, Abuja. Senge was arraigned on a four-count charge, bothering on forgery and obtaining money by false pretence. Count one of the charges reads: “That you Mary Senge on or about the 27th day of July, 2018 within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, with intent to defraud, did obtain the sum of N2,765,751 (Two Million, Seven Hundred and Sixty–five Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty-one Naira) from John Folefal Abila when you…
One Tijani Adamu was yesterday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Kaduna Zonal Office before Justice Moh’d Tukur Muazu of the Kaduna State High Court on a seven-count charge bordering on forgery, uttering and giving false information. Adamu wanted to stand surety for one Ibrahim Adamu, who was arrested for an alleged fraud, and who was to be granted bail pending the conclusion of investigations into the fraud. He presented documents to the EFCC claiming to be as a staff of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). However, when the documents he tendered were sent by the…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari hinted that his administration was on course to strengthen the capacity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-corruption agencies in the country which would result in equipping them with additional material, organisational and logistical support. President Buhari revealed this on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in his remarks at the National Democracy Day Anti-corruption Summit, organised by the EFCC, with the theme: “Curbing Electoral Spending: A Panacea for Public Corruption.” “Now, as this administration commences, we are taking stock of progress made so far in the war against corruption, assessing what needs to…
Nigerian youths have been urged to embrace hard-work and shun the temptation of going into crimes. The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu made the appeal on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 in Lagos when the students of Saint Joseph Secondary School, Mangoro, Agege, Lagos, paid courtesy call during an excursion to the Commission’s Lagos Zonal office. The Lagos Zonal Head of EFCC, Ado Aminu Ado, who represented the EFCC Chair described corruption as a disease ravaging Nigeria like a scourge adding that it is the reason ‘our society is underdeveloped’. He further stated that…
One Shehu Nura has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal office before Justice Mohammed Darius Khobo of the State High Court sitting in Kaduna on a one count charge bordering on Issuance of Dud Cheque. Shehu who is a quantity surveyor allegedly issued a dud cheque to the complainant, Gabriel Ezra after intimating him of the need to obtain a loan of N1,175,000.00 (One Million One Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Naira) from him in order to execute a contract he purportedly secured with the Kaduna State Government. The complainant, on this premise gave…
The duo of Osaghale ThankGod (a.k.a James Lee Chan) and Ikebodih Kelvin (a.k.a Leo Jeff, Lee Kong) were arraigned on Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Benin Zonal Office before Justice A. A. Demi-Ajayi of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State for offences bordering on fraudulent impersonation and intent to defraud. Ikebodih was arraigned on a two count charge of hoodwinking Vicky Chan, a Chinese lady with messages which she relied upon to part with the sum of Five Thousand Euro for him. One of the charge reads: “That you, Ikebodih Kelvin sometime between…