The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Zonal Head in Port Harcourt, Mr. Ishaq Salihu has called on Ijaw youths In Niger Delta region to be innovative and shun all acts of corruption. He made the call on Wednesday August 23 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when members of Ijaw Young Entrepreneurs paid him a courtesy visit. According to Salihu, with the coming of the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, corrupt practices are more difficult to perpetrate. ” There is no longer room for corruption. Nobody can steal money and end up with it abroad. The noose is…
Author: Kunle Edun
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on August 21, 2017 arraigned one Jacob Jerome Mona before Justice K.N Kunaza of the Bauchi State High Court, Bauchi on a three count charge of conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and Issuance of dud cheque to the tune of Eight Million Naira. Jacob who is the Managing Director, Tari Oil and Gas Limited, sometime in 2016 received a total of 40,000 litres of diesel valued at Eight Million Naira for which he issued a post-dated cheque to one Abdullahi Mohammed to present on his behalf. The cheque was returned unpaid due to…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on August 22, 2017 has ordered the temporary forfeiture of another set of properties and assets linked to a former petroleum resources minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Other respondents in the suit are Mr. Donald Chidi Amamgbo, Chapel Properties Limited, Blue Nile Estate Limited, Azinga Meadows limited and Vistapoint Property Development Limited. The order issued by Justice Abdulaziz Anka is based on an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, praying the court for the forfeiture of the assets which are reasonably suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activity. The assets…
The Channels TV management has expressed willingness to train some staff of the Public Affairs Department (PAD) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in effective communication. This was disclosed on Friday, August 11, 2017 during a courtesy visit by the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, to the station’s Chairman, John Momoh, in Lagos. Speaking on the planned training, the Assistant General Manager, Operations, Kingsley Uranta, who received the delegation led by Magu, said it was important that spokespersons in the Commission be trained in the art of effective communication, particularly with the members of the community, who…
Rev. Dr. Dieudonne Massi Gams who is the Chairman of Cameroonian National Anti-corruption Commission (CONAC) has promised that he looks forward to partnering with the Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the area of training its staff in modern techniques of law enforcement, particularly as it relates to the fight against corruption. Speaking on Friday, August 11, 2017 while on a guided tour of facility at the EFCC Academy, Karu Abuja, Gams, expressed satisfaction at the state of the arts equipment of the Commission adding that “with a place in west Africa to boost training on anti-corruption and…
Following the painstaking investigations by operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC); N47.2 Billion and $487.5 Million in cash and properties have so far been traced to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources in the Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. From time immemorial, precious metals – gold, silver and sparkling stones such as diamonds have delighted women. Relationships have been built and destroyed, wars fought for and reconciliations cemented with gold and precious stones. Not too far back in history, Liberia was the theatre of war over Blood Diamonds. Unlike Liberia however, the Nigerian nation is…
The Servicom Unit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun a three-day sensitization workshop for members of staff of the anti-graft agency. This is to re-energize its workforce for a renewed vigour to achieve its mandate of ridding Nigeria of corruption According to the Unit, Mohammed Bako, the “service delivery sensitization” workshop, which began on August 8, 2017, was approved by the acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, “as part of efforts to spur members of staff to achieve the mission and vision of the EFCC”. Giving insight into the establishment of the Unit, Bako stressed that the EFCC…
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has called on Nigerian universities to review their curriculum to include a course focusing specifically on anti-corruption. He added that the agency is ready to sponsor research work at doctorate level for the next 10 years. “From January 2018 the EFCC will sponsor up to 20 Ph.D. researchers on any aspect of corruption every year, for the next 10 years,” he said, adding that, “we shall also support the publication of research papers relevant to teaching of anti-corruption courses.” Magu, who made this known during a visit to the National…
The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos presided over by a vacation judge, Justice Chuka Obiozor, on Monday, August 7, 2017, ordered the final forfeiture of a $37.5m (N11.75bn) property on Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos allegedly belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The order came following an exparte application filed on July 17, 2017 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. At the last sitting on July 19, 2017, counsel to the EFCC, A.B.C. Ozioko, while moving the ex-parte application, had urged the court to order the forfeiture of the total sum of US$2,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called the attention of the general public to the activities of a band of fraudsters who have been extorting head of ministries, departments and agencies, claiming they were acting at the behest of Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman of the Commission. No fewer than three ministers have in the last few weeks drawn the attention of the Commission to the activities of this gang of criminals. This information points to a worrisome trend in which criminal groups now use the good name of the chairman of the EFCC to con unsuspecting members of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reiterated its commitment to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), in its drive to recover toxic assets and boost for the nation’s economy. The Acting Chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Magu delivered the pledge on Thursday, August 3, 2017 while playing host to Ahmed Lawan Kuru, Managing Director, AMCON and his team in his office. According to Magu, “it is in the interest of this country that we support you and work with AMCON.” He blamed the incidence of bad loans especially in the banking sector on insider dealings, adding that it is…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) corruption prevention project, Creative Youth Initiative against Corruption (CYIAC) has concluded plan to launch anti-corruption movement in the Diaspora. The event tagged “Diaspora Nigeria Action Against Corruption Initiative (DNA Action)” is earmarked for flag–off on October 1, 2017 to coincide with Nigeria’s national day celebration in collaboration with the Association of Nigerian Professionals in Ireland, Dublin. DNA Action is expected to broaden the coalition of groups abroad committed to tackling corruption, improving Nigeria’s global image with a view to improving the country’s rating on the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, CPI. The group…
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called on Nigerian Youths to see the fight against corruption as a course needed to be taken with utmost priority, in order to sustainably address the issue of unemployment and poverty bedeviling the country. John Sendere, Head of Operation, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Gombe Zonal Office, gave the charge while making a presentation on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at a function organized by the EFCC Anti-Corruption CDS Group in Damaturu, Yobe State. He said: “It is stating the obvious that our country has massive corruption problems that have eroded almost all…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, has stressed the role of stakeholders as critical to winning the war against corruption in Nigeria. “The fight against corruption is not for EFCC alone, but for all humanity and lovers of good governance because we may all be affected directly or indirectly”, he said. Magu gave the charge in a statement of objective at the opening of a European Union funded project on “Support to Anti-Corruption in Nigeria” at the Chelsea Hotel, Abuja on Thursday, July 27, 2017. The project tagged “Corruption and Human Rights in Nigeria: Realizing…
Joseph Nwobike, SAN is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 11 counts bordering on perverting the course of justice and offering gratification to public officials. In his ongoing trial before Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja continued on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, with the prosecution further confronting him with text messages he had sent to a court official in order to influence some of his cases before the court. At the resumed hearing on Thursday, July 27, the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, tendered a Compact Disc marked exhibit P21…
In the trial of a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, on Thursday, July 27, 2017, a prosecution witness, Evoigbe Chidi had narrated how the former governor of Adamawa State, used own companies to divert state funds during his tenure. The prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, who led the witness in evidence tendered documents detailing the movement of the funds which were admitted as exhibits by the court. Nyako is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 37-count charge of conspiracy, stealing, abuse of office and money laundering to the tune of N29billion before…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today July 28, 2017 secured the conviction of one Umar Kabir Danbaba before Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court on a one count charge of Cheating. The convict fraudulently obtained the sum of N1,470,000 (One Million, Four Hundred amd Seventy Thousand Naira ) from the complainant for the purpose of securing and allocating mining site in Zamfara State but instead diverted the money to his personal use. Upon his intial arraignment on 16th June 2017, the convict pleaded not guilty to the nine count charge brought against him by the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Acting Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has called on Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the South-South, to brace up in monitoring the integrity and execution of contracts by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). He made the call on Monday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State at an interactive meeting with leaders of Civil Society Groups in Rivers and Bayelsa States. According to Magu, the only modality of fighting the evils of abandonment and poor contract execution of contracts is to be involved in thier monitoring. “We must monitor how contracts are being given…
Nigeria’s anti-corruption czar, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) through her Kano Office has recovered a sum of N328,988,296,990.62 (Three Hundred and Twenty Eight Billion, Nine Hundred and Eighty Eight Million, Two Hundred and Ninety Six Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety Naira, Sixty Two Kobo) from nine major oil marketers across the country. The recovery was sequel to a petition against the leadership of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and its subsidiary, Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, PPMC. The petition alleged that a whooping sum of N40billion had been diverted by the major oil marketers in connivance with the leadership…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday returned a parcel containing a Camcorder to the Federal Office of Criminal Investigation, Germany, also known as BKA, for onward delivery to a German, David Muehling. The Canon E0S C100 Camcorder was returned to the BKA through its representative in Lagos, Damilola Adewale, by the Head of Operations, EFCC Lagos zonal office, Garba Dugum. The Commission recovered the parcel, following a petition received from the BKA on July 20, 2017. The BKA had notified the Commission about the encounter of a German businessman, David Muehling, who was allegedly duped by a Nigerian…