Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on June 6, 2014, varied the terms of the bail earlier granted Aliyu Bello, a former Special Assistant to the Director of Administration (Pension Accounts) Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and Abdullahi Omeiza, a school teacher in Sokoto.The accused persons are being tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 5-count charge bordering on criminal conversion and obtaining over One Billion Naira (N1billion) from the Pension Account, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, by false pretence.Justice Ademola…
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Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court on June 5, 2014, convicted and sentenced Bright Evobai and Okechukwu Okolo to forty- three years imprisonment for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence and forgery.They were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on November 27, 2012, on an eight count charge. The convicts, former employees of Intercontinental Bank Plc (now Access Bank), conspired and defrauded the bank to the tune of N9, 700, 000 (Nine Million Seven Hundred Thousand Naira Only). They allegedly used stolen letterhead paper belonging to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Wednesday, June 4, 2014 arraigned the Finance Manager, Cetco Oilfields Services Limited, Akintunde Ajao alongside his company, YPSL Nigeria Limited, before Justice Lambo Akanbi of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt on a 4-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, and obtaining money by false pretence. Akintunde allegedly used his office as Finance Manager to prepare a false tax liability for Cetco Oilfields Services Limited to the tune of Seventy Four Million, Nine Hundred and Sixty Three Thousand, Seven Hundred and Twelve Naira, Eighty Kobo (N74, 963, 712: 80).Under the guise of acting on a…
A seven-day International Police Training, organized by the German Police for Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and Department of State Services, DSS, ended on Wednesday, June 4, in Lagos. The training, entitled: Principles and Methods of Police Evaluation, was a capacity-building and international collaborative initiative, facilitated by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany. It held at the Conference Hall of the EFCC, Lagos. Thirty participants, comprising twenty from the EFCC and ten from the DSS, benefited from the programme. German Consul-General, Mr. Michael Derus, explained that the training was aimed at honing the skills…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 arraigned a suspected romance scammer: Omokoh Orowo Jesse before Justice R.B Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, on a 9-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence. Specifically, Jesse allegedly fleeced an Australian lady, Jette Jacobs of the sum of $90,000 (Ninety Thousand United States Dollars) in a romance scam that went awry. He reportedly met Jesse in an online dating site and contrived a relationship with her. Reports showed that Jette travelled to Johannesburg, South Africa in November 2012. Jesse left Nigeria…
An FCT High Court presided over by Justice Olasumbo.O Goodluck today, June 4, 2014 ruled that it has jurisdiction to entertain the N1.4bn oil subsidy case involving the trio Helen Aninye, Chizobam Ben-Okafor and their company, Pon-Specialized Services Limited.The accused persons are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on an eighteen count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and forgery.Aninye and Ben-Okafor allegedly conspired and fraudulently obtained the sum of one billion, four hundred and thirteen million, five hundred and seven thousand, nine hundred and fifty one naira, fifty kobo (N1, 413,507,951.50) from the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, arraigned the duo of Ahmed Ali Mohammed and Nuhu Ibrahim Ishaq before Justice Ibrahim Christopher Auta of the Niger State High Court, Minna on a 6-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and obtaining by false pretences. The suspects allegedly paraded themselves as directors of Sandabe International Company Limited and, in that assumed capacity, fraudulently obtained the sum of N140,000,000.00 (one hundred and forty million naira) from one Hon. Mohammed Umar Bago.Count two of the charge reads: “that you Ahmed Ali Mohammed, and Nuhu Ibrahim Ishaq, sometime between 1st…
The trial of former governor of Nasarawa State, Aliyu Akwe Doma and two others before Justice A. A Okeke of the Federal High Court, Lafia, Nasarawa State was today stalled as the defence sought adjournment pending the determination of its application for the transfer of the case to another judge. The ex-governor is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alongside Timothy Anthony Anjide and Dauda Egwe on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering. At the resumed hearing of the case June 2, 2014, the defence counsel, Charles Edosomwan, SAN who was represented by Olalekan Ojo,…
For attempting to obtain a sum of N2million from their victim in fake Globacom promo lottery, the duo of Egbearo Friday and Samson Akpaibor are to spend 7 years behind bars. The jail term was handed to the fraudsters on May 30 by Justice A. M Liman of the Federal High Court, Benin who found them guilty on all17-count charge that borders on obtaining by false, preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.Egbearo and Akpaibor were first arraigned on June 17, 2013 following their arrest in the wake of a complaint by one Dr. Christopher Onwubuemeli. He…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on May 28, 2014 arraigned one Igwilo Emeka Henry before Justice Chudi Nwankwor of the Anambra State High Court, Onitsha on one count charge of obtaining money by false pretence and issuance of dud cheque. The accused who is a trader allegedly made a deposit of two hundred thousand naira (N200, 000.00) to Party West Nigeria Limited to facilitate the release of goods worth Three Million Naira to him. The goods were released on trust, with the understanding that the balance would be paid within two weeks. At the expiration of the deadline, the…
Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court Kano today sentenced one Mohammed Basiru Abdulkadir to seven years imprisonment for offences bordering on currency counterfeiting. The convict was arraigned on May 28, 2014 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 5-count charge bordering on possession of counterfeit currency. He pleaded guilty to all five counts when they were read to him and was consequently convicted by Justice Riman but the case was adjourned to today for sentencing.When proceedings resumed today, Justice Riman sentenced Mohammed to five month imprisonment on count one, two and three with no option…
Three former bankers with a new generation bank, were on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 arraigned before Justice Akindavid Oladimeji of Osun State High Court, Ile-Ife on separate charges, all bordering on failure to exercise due diligence, forgery and conspiracy to commit fraud involving a sum of N16,891,100 (Sixteen Million, Eight Hundred and Ninety-One Thousand, One Hundred Naira).The accused persons: Foluso Opayinka, Ebenezer Adeyemi and Esan Okunola were former employees of Skye Bank, Ila-Orangun branch, Osun State. While Opayinka was arraigned on three count charges, Ebenezer Adeyemi and Esan Okunola were arraigned on one count each.When the charges were read to…
A Federal High Court sitting in Jos and presided by Justice Andrel Alagwa has sentenced a Jos businessman, Ibrahim Nayaya to two years imprisonment in a case brought before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Nayaya was arraigned on June 15, 2013 on one count charge that borders on obtaining by trickery, contrary to and punishable under Section 421 of the Criminal Code Act, Cap C38, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (LFN) 2004.The convict, a transporter and dealer in black oil allegedly obtained N6million from one Umar Ibrahim, an Ashaka (Gombe State) businessman, for the…
Justice Farouq Lawal of the Kano State High Court has convicted and sentenced one Daniel Okpara to three years imprisonment for impersonating the chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde. The convict allegedly opened a facebook account, presenting himself as the Executive Chairman of EFCC and began to solicit and collect money from job seekers under the pretext of offering them employment at the commission.Daniel was arraigned on May 27, 2014 and he pleaded guilty to the 3-count charge of impersonation and obtaining by false pretence preferred against him by the EFCC.Defence counsel, Bello Dahiru pleaded with…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has concluded arrangement to arraign the Finance Manager of Cetco Oilfield Services Limited, Akintunde Ajao alongside his company, YPSL Limited for offences bordering on forgery, conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences. The Commission on May 21, 2014, filed four-count information at the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, River State against the suspect.The suspect allegedly acting on a directive purportedly from the River State Board of Internal Revenue (RSBIR) diverted the sum of fifty-two million, two hundred and eighty two thousand (52, 282, 000:00) to YPSL Limited, a company allegedly promoted by him,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday May 23, 2014 arraigned one Mary Okoh alias Josephine Williams before Justice F.A Ojo of the FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja for offences bordering on fraud and forgery. Okoh allegedly obtained the sum of thirty million naira (N30, 000,000.00) from Okon Abasi, executive officer, Mutual Alliance Property Development Company Limited, as loan while she deposited the Certificate of Occupancy for her landed property situated at Gwarimpa, Abuja as collateral.The accused person is alleged to have defaulted in the payment of the loan and also sold the property used as collateral to…
The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 1, Alhaji Tambari Yabo Mohammed, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to expand its campaign on anti corruption from youths to public office holders. He made this remark at the inauguration of the EFCC Integrity Club at the Police Girls Secondary School, Shanono, Kano State.According to him, Corruption “ is a monster that has eaten all sectors and segments of the society and in order to tackle it, we have to take this message not only to the kindergarten level but also at the adulthood stage”.He added, “in as much…
The trial of Moses Samanja Audu, an alleged wonder bank operator began on Thursday, May 22, 2014 before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna. At the resumed trial, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulkareem Chukkol who was led in evidence by counsel to EFCC, Joshua Saidi told the court that the accused person operated a wonder bank without valid license. Chukkol stated that in response to the letters of enquiry written by the Commission to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, both organisation confirmed that the…
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed May 27,2014, for ruling on the application for bail variation brought by Aliyu Bello, a former Special Assistant to the Director of Administration (Pension Account) and Abdullahi Omeiza, a School Teacher in Sokoto. The duo are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 5-count charge bordering on criminal conversion and obtaining over One Billion Naira (N1billion) from the Pension Account, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, by false pretence.The Defence Counsel, Mahmud A. Magaji had filed a 12-paragraph affidavit,…
A forensic analyst with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Muktar Bello, on May 22, 2014, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja how Dodo Chilla Bulus, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, connived with vandals to break pipelines and siphon crude oil.Muktar who was led in evidence by EFCC counsel, Salisu Majidadi told the court presided over by Justice E.S Chukwu how forensic examination of the mobile phones of the accused persons established their complicity the crime. He siad that he conducted the examination, using a cellebrite device.Cellebrite device, according to the witness, “is a forensic extraction…