The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday, December 6, 2024 held a send-forth ceremony for Retired Deputy Commander of the EFCC and former head, Legal and Prosecution Department of the Benin Zonal Directorate, Deputy Commander of the EFCC, DCE Ibrahim Audu. The event which was held at the Conference Room of the Benin Directorate saw officers of the Commission eulogize the Retired DCE for his contribution to the growth and development of the Commission. The Acting Zonal Director, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE I Effa Okim commended Audu for the high numbers of…
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Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC, have arrested twenty-two suspected (22) internet fraudsters. They were arrested on Friday, December 6, 2024 at Umuagu and Olokoro in Abia state in a sting operation. Items recovered from them include six exotic cars, eight laptops and 36 mobile phones. They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded. Media & Publicity December 9, 2024 Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on Thursday, November 28, 2024 convicted and sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil and two others to five years imprisonment each. Wakil who is the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Complete Care and Aid Foundation (NGO) alongside Programme Manager Tahiru Saidu Daura and Country Director , Prince Lawal Shoyode were re-arraigned on Monday, September 1, 2020 on four- count amended charges bordering on cheating, conspiracy and giving false information to the tune of N6m. Count two of the charge reads: “That you, Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyade whilst…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Directorate have arrested 24 suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested on Friday, December 6, 2024 at Lokoja, Kogi State following credible intelligence about their suspected involvement in internet-related offences. Items recovered from them include 30 phones, 6 laptops and 3 cars. The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded. Media & Publicity December 6, 2024 Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on youths across the country to unite and take the lead in the fight against corruption. He made the call in Abuja on Wednesday, December 5, 2024 while addressing stakeholders at a Town Hall Meeting in preparatory commemoration of the 2024 International Anti-Corruption Day at the corporate headquarters of the Commission. The 2024 International Anti-Corruption Day will be held on December 9, 2024 and is themed, “Uniting the Youths Against Corruption”. In a Keynote Address, Olukoyede decried the adverse impact of corruption on the…
The trial of the immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed and his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu over alleged stealing and mismanagement of public funds to the tune of N5.78billion got underway on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High siting in Ilorin. The erstwhile governor and his finance commissioner among other things were accused to have conspired to steal money meant for payment of salaries of teachers working with the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board, UBEC, as well as money meant to provide security and other infrastructural facilities for the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is following with keen interest, the flurry of reactions to its record-breaking recovery of 753 duplexes and other apartments on Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District, Abuja. The commentaries of reform-minded Nigerians to the Commission’s painstaking efforts in securing the final forfeiture of the Estate to the Federal Government of Nigeria, are appreciated. However, the denigration of such efforts by Omowole Sowore and his think-same and act-same, is unacceptable and grossly un-charitable. The allegation of a cover up of the identity of the promoters of the Estate stands logic on the head…
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, on Monday, December 2, 2024 gave a ruling on a final forfeiture of an estate in Abuja measuring 150,500 square metres and containing 753 Units of duplexes and other apartments. This is the single largest asset recovery by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, since its inception in 2023. The Estate rests on on Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District, Abuja The forfeiture of the property to the federal government by a former top brass of the government was pursuant to EFCC’s mandate and policy directive of ensuring that the corrupt and fraudulent do…
In its continuous bid to tackle some emerging crimes and build stronger capacities for future challenges, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has trained One Hundred of its officers on Forensic Document Examination, Digital Forensics, Fingerprint and Crime Scene Management in Enugu. The One-day training, which was held in Oaklands Hotel, Government Reservation Area, G.R.A, Enugu, drew participants from different cadres. The training, themed; “Forensics Revamped: Empowering Investigations” is an initiative of the Commission’s Forensics and Crime Laboratory Services Department, FCLSD, aimed at enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of the Commission’s investigative processes. The training was focused on improving…
Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed a fundamental rights suit instituted against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju (a.k.a Bobrisky) alleging breach of his rights by the Commission and seeking N200million damages. In a judgment delivered on Thursday, November 28, 2024, Justice Owoeye held that Bobrisky’s claims of encroachment of his rights lacked merit with no credible evidence to justify the reliefs he sought from the court. One of the reliefs sought was an “ an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Respondents” from harassing, declaring him wanted,…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has slated the arraignment of the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello for December 13, 2024. Justice Emeka Nwite on Friday, November 29, 2024 directed the court’s Registrar to issue a hearing notice to Bello’s legal team regarding his arraignment. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC , is prosecuting Bello on 19-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N80.2 billion. Addressing the court about the former governor’s presence in court, prosecution counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, urged the court to proceed with the arraignment, stating that the defendant’s presence satisfied…
Justice T.G. Ringing of the Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 convicted and sentenced two police officers: Yusuf AbdulKarim Bature and Musa Philip and an immigration officer; Nasiru Mohammed to seven years imprisonment each for employment fraud to the tune of N1,640,000( One Million Six Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira) Bature and Philip were arraigned on two count – charges of obtaining by false pretences and intent to defraud while Mohammed was arraigned on one- count charge of obtaining by false pretences by the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, arraigned one Bukar Umar Alhaji before Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a two-count bordering on obtaining by false pretense and criminal misappropriation to the tune of N 2,100,000( Two Million One Hundred Thousand Naira only). Count one of the charges reads: ” That you Bukar Umar Alhaji, with National Identification Number (NIN) 9584243514, and Babagoni Umar (now at large), sometime in March, 2022, in Maiduguri Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did with intent…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, 27 November 2024, arrested one suspected internet fraudster. The suspect was arrested at No.25 Aliyu Modibbo Street, Guzape Hills, Abuja following credible intelligence on his alleged involvement in internet fraud. Items recovered from him include a Range Rover Velar 2019 model, $4100 (Four Thousand One Hundred United States Dollars), N2,000,000(Two Million Naira) cash, One AP silver wrist watch, two mobile phones and one laptop. He will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations. Media & Publicity November 27, 2024 Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello before Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja. He was arraigned alongside Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, on a 16-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and money laundering to the tune of N110.4billion. Count eleven of the charge reads: “That you Yahaya Adoza Bello, Umar Shuaibu Oricha And Abdulsalami Hudu sometime 2022, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, whilst having dominion over the state’s treasury, dishonestly used the total…
Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested fifteen suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects were arrested at Abu King Shuluwe Street Akpehe, Makurdi metropolis based on actionable intelligence on their suspected involvement in internet fraud. Items recovered from them include: two cars, five laptop computers, 17 mobile phones among others The suspects would be charged to court as soon as their investigations are concluded. Media & Publicity November 25, 2024 Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
A Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi presided over by Justices M.S Abubakar and R.J Egbe has convicted and sentenced ten internet fraudster to various jail terms, They were prosecuted on a one- count separate charge bordering on obtaining by false presence and possession of fraudulent documents by the Economic and financial crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Directorate. The convicts are: Abugu Clement Kelechi, Samuel Moses Ogbonna, Samuel Sylvester Ogbu, Scott King David, Esua Ablaku Peter, Obinna Ejike, Austine Okwori, Clement David Onoja, Austine Nyagou Bur and Henry Adah Abah. The charge against Abugu Clement Kelechi reads: That you Abugu…
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested on Friday, November 22, 2024 at Adewale Estate and Sea Side Estate in the Badore axis of Lagos State. Their arrest followed credible intelligence on the activities of some members of an Organised Cybercrime Syndicate Network, OCSN, suspected to be involved in computer-related fraud. Items recovered from them include: exotic cars, mobile devices and mobile phones. The suspects have all volunteered their statements. They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded. Media &…
Justices Kayanson Samuel Lawanson, Hammed Isha , Benjamin Manji Lawal and Mohammed Ibrahim Tola of the Adamawa State High Court, Adamawa State have convicted and sentenced twelve internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The convicts are: Oladele Pius, Emmanuel Bulus , Elijah Elisha , Alamin Mohammed Bappa , Jamilu Usman ,and Enoch Solomon. Others are : Emmanuel Anthony, Enebeli Samuel Isreal , Dimas Hyellabulatin, Emmanuel Dike , Joshua Umoru and Dan Eden Sunday . They were separately arraigned between November 6 and 7, 2024 on a one count charge of cheating and impersonation by the Gombe Zonal Directorate of…
Justice Jude Dagat of the Federal High Court, Maiduguri, on Monday, November 18, 2024, convicted and sentenced one Mpada Ishaku Dzarma to nine years imprisonment. Dzarma was first arraigned on May 4th, 2024 by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a two-count charge bordering on money laundering and cybercrime to the tune of N 9,000,000.00 (Nine Million Naira). Count one of the charge reads: “That you, Mpada Ishaku Dzarma between 2023 and 2024 at Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did directly take possession of aggregate sum of N9,000,000.00…