The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today arraigned the duo of Muhammed Abubakar Alfa and Franklin Uche before Justice Dije Aboki of Kano High Court on a 39-count charge bordering on conspiracy, possession of fake document and obtaining by false pretence.The accused persons allegedly defrauded one Ambassador Abdullah Musa, a Libyan, of the sum of N13, 000,000.00 (thirteen million Naira). The duo were said to have met their victim through one of his Nigerian business associates, a certain Muktar Ahmed, and sold to him, via telephone, a proposal to supply him crude oil from Nigeria. The unsuspecting Ambassador received…
Author: Kunle Edun
Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to collaborate with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, in ridding the nation’s airports of Low level corruption.He made the call on Thursday, November 6, 2014, at the Anti- Corruption Sensitization Programme organized for staff of FAAN by the EFCC. According to him, corruption among airports’ low-cadre operators was pervasive and should be checked. “What we need to fight is low level corruption in airports. If we reduce low level corruption in the system, we will improve on the perception of people about…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde has delivered on his promise to re- professionalise the anti-graft agency in its fight against economic and financial crimes in the country.This assertion was made on Wednesday, Novembetr 5, 2014 by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media and Publicity of the Commission during a media briefing with journalists. Uwujaren stated that Lamorde’s promise to tackle issues of integrity and professionalism in the Commission has been accomplished with the acquisition of Polygraph machine and training of personnel to manage it.“One of the strategies which he promised to deploy in tackling the issue of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 arraigned Phina Chidi, a former Assistant Director, Pension Department, Office of the Head of Service of the Federation of Nigeria, Franklin Nwankwo and Pam Investment Properties before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court on a 15-count charge of obtaining by false pretence and money laundering to the tune of N1,638,960,125.75 ( one billion, six hundred and thirty eighty million, nine hundred and sixty thousand, one hundred and twenty five naira, seventy five kobo) and $2,000,000.00 (two million US dollars).It will be recalled that, Chidi was initially…
The arraignment of Barrister Chike Charles Ononye before Justice Mbonu Nwenyi of the Anambra State High Court, Onitsha by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for offences bordering on stealing and issuance of dud cheque on Monday, November 3, 2014 could not go on as planned.In what appeared like a drama, no fewer than 30 lawyers were in court to demonstrate their solidarity to their colleague and to protest against the arraignment of the accused, claiming that the case should be settled out of court.Ononye’s ordeal started when he was reported to the EFCC through a petition by one…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 3, 2014 arraigned a former Bank Manager, Efe Egube and Ocean Energy Trading and Services Limited., before Justice Oluwatoyi Ipaye of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on an 18- count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence.Specifically, Egube, a former branch manager of the defunct Oceanic Bank, now Ecobank Plc, allegedly received a total sum of N90,000,000( Ninety Million Naira only) from one of the customers of his bank: Alhaji Sanusi Kamba, to supply petroleum products to his company. He neither supplied the products nor refunded the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 3, 2014 arraigned Alhaji Hakeem M. Ashogbon, a Lagos property developer, before Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on a 5- count charge bordering on stealing and forgery.Troubles came for Ashogbon, 58, when he allegedly reneged on an agreement he made in 1989, with an owner of an un-completed property in Somolu, Lagos. In the agreement, he was supposed to complete the property and collect rent on it for five years, and return the property to the owner. However, Ashogbon reportedly completed the property and for…
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano presided over by Justice Faruk Lawal on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 dismissed an application filed by one Haruna Namadi in which he sought to prevent his arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.The suspect through his counsel, Mas’ud Ibrahim, had filed an application alleging that the charge against him did not include a proof of evidence, contending that it falls short of the requirements for preferring a charge.Responding also to the application, the prosecuting counsel, S H. Sa’ad told the court that the defence counsel did not study the charge and…
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna presided over by Justice Evelyn Anyadike on Thursday, October 30, 2014 threw out the no-case submission by a former cashier of Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State Alhaji Aminu Ya’u, who is standing trial for money laundering .When the prosecution closed its case in June, 2014 counsel to the accused person, Mr. Yunus Ustaz Usman, SAN, made a no-case submission, contending that none of the prosecution witnesses or documents tendered linked the accused with the alleged offence.But lead prosecuting counsel, M.S Abubakar argued that the evidence provided by the witnesses as well…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on October 30, 2014 arraigned one Abdulmujib Abdulkarim before Justice Faruk Lawal of Kano State High Court on a 3- Count charge bordering on forgery, possession of forged documents and obtaining N5, 750.000.00 ( five million seven hundred and fifty thousand naira ) by false pretence.The accused sometime in September, 2013 allegedly sold a plot of land with Certificate of Occupancy No. LKN/RES/2002/712 situated at No. 2786 Dorayi Babba Street, Kano to one Sagir Bashir Nasambo through a hand written sales agreement dated 11 September, 2013 at the cost of N5,750.000.00 (five million…