A forensic analyst with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Muktar Bello, on May 22, 2014, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja how Dodo Chilla Bulus, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, connived with vandals to break pipelines and siphon crude oil.Muktar who was led in evidence by EFCC counsel, Salisu Majidadi told the court presided over by Justice E.S Chukwu how forensic examination of the mobile phones of the accused persons established their complicity the crime. He siad that he conducted the examination, using a cellebrite device.Cellebrite device, according to the witness, “is a forensic extraction…
Author: Kunle Edun
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said it is looking to partner with Kano State Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Commission (KPCAC), in its fight against economic and financial crimes.Osita Nwajah, Deputy Director, Public Affair Department, gave the indication, Wednesday in Kano when he received the Director, Kano State Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Commission, Alhaji Umaru Idi, at the Commission’s Zonal Office in Kano. He said the Commission is willing to synergise with groups and organisation that shares its vision of eradicating economic crimes, including corruption.Earlier, Idi expressed his organisation’s willingness to join forces with the EFCC in…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday May 21, 2014 arraigned Ibrahim Yusuf and Mainasara Yusuf before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on four count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence.The accused persons allegedly posed as suppliers of crude oil with Hawaris Contracting Limited and in that capacity obtained the sum of N2,000,000 (Two Million Naira Only) from one Kehinde Fatunbi as ATB (Authority to Board a vessel of crude oil) and clearance for the supply of crude oil. One of the counts read: “that you Hawaris Contracting Limited and you, Abubakar…
A Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State has convicted and sentenced Idris Abubakar and Ibrahim Hassan to three years imprisonment each without an option of fine for illegally dealing in petroleum products. The term starts from the date of their arrest.The convicts were among eleven suspected illegal dealers of petroleum products arrested by men of the Joint Task Force, 4th Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin sometime in January, 2012 and handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for further investigation and prosecution.They were subsequently arraigned before Justice A. M. Liman, on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 arraigned two staff of Ecobank Plc, Ekpe Sunday and Denis Joseph James alongside Ecobank, before Justice I. L Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on a 2-count charge bordering on conspiracy, fraudulent diversion of funds, forgery and impersonation to the tune of N7, 067, 576.55 (Seven Million, Sixty Seven Thousand, Five Hundred and Seventy Six Naira, Fifty-Five Kobo only).Sunday and James were alleged to have failed to exercise due diligence in opening a spurious account for a fraudster, in the name of…
The first accused person in the trial of a former Governor of Edo State, Patrick Eboigbodin on Wednesday, May, 21, 2014, told a Federal High Court sitting in Benin- City, Edo State, that, he did not sign a sum of N300 Million ( Three Hundred Million Naira only) as security payments on behalf of Governor Lucky Igbinedion.Eboigbodin, who spoke as a defence witness at the resumed trial of the case on Wednesday, identified various payment documents currently before the court as exhibits. Some of the payments included N20 million for hosting the then President and Commander- in-Chief, N300 million for…
Two persons, Bello Mohammed Tukur, a staff of Bauchi State Scholarship Board and one, Shamsuden Abdullahi, were today arraigned before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar at the Federal High Court Bauchi by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, for conspiracy, forgery and stealing. The duo sometime in 2012, allegedly defrauded the Bauchi State Scholarship Board to the tune of about N8.023 million.The sum was allegedly pulled out from the Board’s accounts at the defunct FinBank (now FCMB) and GT Bank Plc, with forged instruments.Further investigation by the Commission revealed how Tukur who works in the Secret Registry of the Board, and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 20, 2014 arraigned Etim James Etim before Justice I.L Ojukwu of a Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State on a 12-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and stealing. Specifically, Etim allegedly stole and sold shares valued at N11.655, 000 (Eleven Million, Six Hundred and Fifty- Five Thousand Naira only) belonging to an eighty-five-year old pensioner, Chief Ukim Okon Edem, without his consent. He committed the fraud in connivance with three other accomplices: Okey Godfrey Okebalama, James Oyabolo and Udoh (all at large). When the charges were read to him, he…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on May 23, 2014 arraign a business woman, Mary Okoh alias Josephine Williams, for offences bordering on fraud and forgery.Okoh was arrested by the operatives of the Commission following a complaint by Okon Abasi, executive officer, Mutual Alliance Property Development Company Limited.According to Abasi, the suspect obtained the sum of thirty million naira (N30, 000,000.00) from him as loan and gave him a Certificate of Occupancy for her landed property situated at Gwarimpa, Abuja as collateral.The suspect allegedly defaulted in payment of the loan and also sold the property used as collateral…
The duo of Bernard Chukwuma Muoghalu and Anyiam Isabella have been docked before Justice V. N. Agbata of the Anambra State High Court, Onitsha, on a 12-count charge of obtaining money under false pretence.The accused who are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, allegedly conspired and obtained various sums of money totalling N1,800,000.00 (one million, eight hundred thousand naira) from some job seekers with promise of helping them to secure jobs with the Onitsha North Local Government Council.After collecting money from them, the accused persons issued fake employment letters to the applicants and asked them to…