The trial of a former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, continued on June 10 with the former Comptroller-General of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), David Shikfu Paradang giving detailed account of how the ministry over-ruled former President Goodluck Jonathan in the ill-fated recruitment into the Service held on March 15, 2014 which led to the death of scores of Nigerian job seekers. The former NIS boss stated this at the resumed trial of Moro before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja. Paradang, had on Wednesday while testifying as PW1 told the court that he was…
Author: Kunle Edun
The trial of the ex-governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on charges bordering on money laundering and diversion of funds, witnessed a turn of events on June 10 as the defence counsel, G. S. Pwul, SAN, rather than open its defence, told the court that “we intend to raise a no-case submission”. Dariye is being prosecuted by the EFCC, at a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Gudu, Abuja, presided over by Justice Adebukola Banjoko. He is alleged to have siphoned the state’s ecological fund to the tune…
One Bashir Musa of Hotoro Dan Marke Quarters of Kano City was convicted by Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court, Kano on two count charges of impersonation and obtaining money by false pretence. The convict was arrested by Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on August 27, 2012 following a petition by one Shetima Yusuf of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) Quarters, Kano. The complainant alleged that the convict had offered to sell to him, four plots of land which he claimed belonged to his father, Alhaji Musa Usman. Upon agreement, Shatima raised a First…
Desmond Nunugwo, a suspect under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) died on June 10 few hours after he was taken into custody. His demise was confirmed at the hospital where he was rushed after he suddenly took ill. Late Nunugwu allegedly fraudulently obtained N91million from an acquaintance after he tricked her into believing that he had high net worth business associates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates who were at the verge of buying Nicon Insurance and convinced her of their disposition to help her stock fish business. Consequently, she wired N91m into Nunugwo’s nominated account (Mainagge General Merchants)…
Signor Kanu was on June 9 arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice A. O. Otaluka of the FCT High Court sitting in Lugbe, Abuja on one count charge of fraud. Kanu was alleged to have defrauded one Stanley Ojigbo to the tune of N9.8million for a non-existent contract. After several months of waiting and the accused could neither deliver on his promise nor refund the money, the complainant decided to petition the EFCC. The charge reads: “That you, Signor Kanu on or about the 25th of March 2011, in Abuja within the Jurisdiction of this…
A banker, Olawale Garuba was sentenced to 39-year imprisonment on June 9 by Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court. The banker was convicted for stealing from the dead. The convict was arraigned alongside six others in July 2015 for conspiring among themselves to steal over N30,000,000 (Thirty Million Naira) from the bank account a deceased customer of a new generation bank where the convict works.The fraud was uncovered by the bank when they discovered that some of their staff, including the convict had connived with proxies steal from a dormant account of one of the bank’s customers.…
One Abdullahi Adamu Usman (aka Dan China) alongside his company, Solid Unit Nigeria Limited was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on June 9 before Justice Yakubu Dakwak of the High Court of Plateau State (Court 2), Jos, Plateau State, on a two-count amended charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N23,431,000.00 (Twenty-three Million, Four Hundred and Thirty-one Thousand Naira). The accused, who claimed to own a functional mining site, allegedly obtained the money from the complainant, Olajide Olaleye, Managing Director, TTMW Services Nigeria Limited, for the supply of Iron…
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court Abuja commenced the trial of a former Interior Minister, Abba Moro on June 8 with the presentation of the first prosecution witness, David Shikfu Paradang by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Moro is being prosecuted alongside three others on an 11-count charge bordering on procurement fraud and money laundering. The other accused persons are: one-time permanent secretary in the ministry, Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, a deputy director in the ministry, F. O Alayebami, one Mahmood Ahmadu (at large), and the contracting firm that was given the recruitment job, Drexel Tech Nigeria Limited.…
The duo of James Ogwuche Alex and Oklewu Ene Gina was arraigned on June 7 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice B.O Quadri of the Federal High Court,Port Harcourt, Rivers State on a 2-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only (N250,000). The petitioner, Professor Ndubuisi Eke alleged that the suspects who are both students of Benue State Polytechnic hoodwinked him through an e-mail from a purported old friend by name Engineer Bartholomew requesting him to pay Two hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N250,000).to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday presented its first witness (PW1), Robert Mathew against a former Assistant Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Fire Service, Dada Olatunji, who is being tried for offences bordering on employment scam before Justice M. M. Kolo of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja. Olatunji was arraigned on May 19, 2016 for allegedly defrauding two young job seekers – Robert Mathew and Theresa Abah to the tune of N575,000 (five hundred and seventy five thousand naira) under the pretext of getting them employments into the Nigerian Fire Service. The offence is…