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)
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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…
Workers in the Ministry of Solid Minerals under the aegis of Federal Mines Officers have sought the intervention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in the fight against illegal mining activities. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Commission on Thursday, November 21, 2024, the President of its Port Harcourt Branch, Engr. Naku Romos, who led the delegation stated that the officials came to seek the collaboration of the Commission in their desire to see the curtailment of activities of illegal miners from the country’s mining sector. They noted that activities of…
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Calabar has convicted and sentenced the quartet of Itoro Eno Akpan, Abasifreke Uwem, Elisha Asuquo Nnah (a.k.a Jong Seck) and Ezinwa Emmanuel Ikenna to various jail terms for internet fraud. The convicts were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Uyo Zonal Directorate on two-count charges bordering on cybercrime, money laundering and impersonation. The charge against Akpan reads: “That you Itoro Eno Akpan, sometime in 2024 in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honorable court did take possession of the sum of $400 (Four Hundred Dollars) which you reasonably ought…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has called on religious leaders across the country to be discreet in their emphasis on material wealth in their messages, stressing that youths could be negatively swayed into criminality through such actions. He stated this in Abuja on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at the Nigerian Youth Stakeholders’ Security Summit organised by the Coalition of Nigerian Youths On Security and Safety Affairs, CONYSSA. Speaking on the role of government, religious institutions, community and youth leaders in the fight against internet fraud, the EFCC boss who spoke through Head,…