The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, has returned the corruption case file of a former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, to Justice A.R. Mohammed and ordered him to continue presiding over the case. Suswam is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) along with his Commissioner of Finance, Okolobia Okpanachi, on a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy, abuse of office and diversion of state funds to the tune of N3.1 billion. It would be recalled that Justice Mohammed had on June 6, 2016 handed off the case, and informed the court…
Author: Kunle Edun
The President of the Association of Forensic and Investigation Auditors, Victoria Enape, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to sustain its assistance in training of its members on the practical aspect of forensic auditing with a view to effectively tackle corruption in Nigeria. Enape made the call on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 when she led other members of the Association on a courtesy visit to the Acting Chairman, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, at the Commission’s Head Office, Abuja. “The Commission has all it takes to provide the needed support to meet the modern day challenge in tracking…
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, July 18 granted bail to Olugbenga Obadina, managing director, Almond Projects Limited who allegedly collected money to the tune of N2.4billion from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, under Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) purportedly for a phony contract. He was arraigned on Friday July 15, 2016 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside his company, Almond Projects Limited on an eight-count charge for allegedly collecting a sum of N2,417,000,000.00 (two billion, four hundred and seventeen million naira), paid into his company’s account…
Olugbenga Obadina alongside his company, Almond Projects Limited, was arraigned on Friday July 15 by The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on an eight-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering to the tune of N2.4billion. Obadina allegedly collected a sum of N2, 417, 000,000.00 (two billion, four hundred and seventeen million naira), paid into his company’s account in tranches, between 2013 and 2015 from the account of the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, under Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) without…
Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has identified religion as veritable means of tackling corruption and other social vices in Nigeria. Magu made this observation on Monday, July 18, 2016 while receiving members of the Interfaith Anti-Corruption Advisory Committee (IAAC) who were at the Commission’s Head Office to brief him on their activities. The EFCC boss called for collaboration between the Committee, the EFCC and the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, PACAC, to effectively use religion as a platform in preaching against the ills of corruption. “Every religion abhors corruption. Therefore, there is…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Zonal Office in Ibadan is on the trail of a suspected ATM fraudster, who goes by the name Akinade Tofunmi. The suspect is currently on the prowl, targeting possible victims in ATM Points and Point of Sales (POS) machines across the country. In her last operation, Tofunmi who operates with the identity of her victims raked in about N3million within 24 hours. One of the methods employed by the suspected fraudster is to politely approach people having difficulty using the ATM and offering to help, only to dupe them after obtaining their personal…
The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has called on legal practitioners to join hands with the Commission in its bid to free Nigeria of corruption. He gave this charge on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at the opening of a one-day workshop organised by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in collaboration with the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACC) at the Rockview Hotel, Abuja. According to Magu, the EFCC cannot stamp out corruption in the country without the support of all stakeholders. “We consider everybody a stakeholder, as the EFCC does not have monopoly of knowledge…
The outgoing United States Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency James Entwistle has commended the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu for the vigour he has brought to the fight against corruption in Nigeria. He said the best part of his time in Nigeria was strengthening cooperation with law enforcement agencies especially the EFCC. “It is in our interest to see Nigerian law enforcement capacity grow… It is not enough to complaint about things. We have to help our friends… I am proud of the EFCC and privileged to be of some help”, he said.…
Pastor Emmanuel Markus Anga and Atin Victor Generous were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on July 11 before Justice Abubakar Jauro of Gombe State High Court on two count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretense. Anga and Generous are alleged to have in November 2013, deceived David Madison, into believing that they were employees of Gora Commanding Resources, a foreign exchange investment concern allegedly owned by Philemon Gora (who is still at large) and tricked their victim into expecting that his investment of five hundred thousand (N500,000.00) would yield ten percent (10%)…
The duo of James Edwin Ehiaghe and Aimienmwona Osahon were arraigned on July 4 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice O.O Tokode of the Federal High Court Benin, Edo State on four counts bordering on ATM fraud, forgery, Impersonation, conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretences; possession of scam documents contrary to section 1, 2 and 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006. Ehiaghe and Osahon are alleged to belong to a syndicate of fraudsters who specialize in defrauding their victims through text messages. They were separately charged with two counts…