The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Friday, June 26, 2015 turned down the bail application of Emmanuel Okoyomon, a former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, NSPM, whose extradition is being sought by the United Kingdom government over his alleged role in the bribery allegation involving officials of Central Bank of Nigeria , CBN, the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, NSPM and Securency International Pty of Australia between 2006 and 2008.However, the court granted Okoyomon’s plea for stay of execution on the order to extradite him. The UK government had, through the…
Author: Kunle Edun
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has called for an urgent review of the Internally Generated Revenue (IGRs) of higher institutions in Nigeria as a way of preventing leakages, mismanagement and outright corruption. Speaking at the EFCC anti-corruption sensitization programme organized in conjunction with the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) for Rectors and Provosts of Polytechnics in Nigeria on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at the NBTE Centre of Excellence (COE), Kajuru Close, Kaduna, he lamented the lack of accountability in the management of IGRs of higher institutions in the country. In his address titled…
The case involving a former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a fresh 50 count charge bordering on stealing and money laundering, came up for mention Thursday, June 25, 2015 before Justice A. F. Ademola.of the Federal High Court, Abuja.Sylva is charged alongside Francis Okokuro, Gbenga Balogun, and Samuel Ogbuku. They allegedly used three companies – Marlin Maritime Limited, Eat Catering Services Limited, and Haloween-Blue Construction and Logistics Limited to move over N19.2 billion from Bayelsa State coffers between 2009 and 2012. Justice A. R. Mohammed of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today re-arraigned the trio of Waheed Omotayo (alias Badmus Mustapha), Giwa Tunde Abiodun and Aghama Peter before Justice Othman A. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja.The accused persons were arraigned on an eight count charge bordering on forgery. They allegedly forged various documents including; Egyptian Entry Visa, International passports, First Bank statements of account and certificate of marriage in the name of one Badmus Mustapha. They pleaded not guilty to the charge. Prosecution counsel Cosmas Ugwu consequently asked for a trial date, while defence counsel Usman Kabir representing the first…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today June 24, 2015 arraigned one Joseph Onoja Gabriel before Justice Lawal Akapo of the Lagos State High Court Ikeja on a 4-count charge bordering on conspiracy to defraud, personation, forgery and using false document.Gabriel was arrested by the operatives of the EFCC sometime in 2014 following a petition that he impersonated Gabriel Suswan (the immediate past governor of Benue State). He had attempted to extort money from some foreigners under the pretence of giving them contracts. Aside from that, the accused also procured a fake International passport bearing the name of the …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday June 22, 2015 arraigned one Ifeanyi Ozoh before Justice B. O Quadri of the Federal High Court, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State on a two count charge bordering on fraud.Ozoh pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him The accused persons allegedly collected various sums of money from one Nwachukwu Pleasure on the pretext that the money would be used to procure an Arik Airline ticket to Lagos to enable the victim attend a job interview with the airline. The petitioner alleged that he received a call from the accused, who introduced himself…
The ongoing trial of the seven persons complicit in the N24billion fraud in the police pension office could not proceed today owing to various excuses by counsel representing some of the accused persons.Justice Husseini Baba Yusuf had at the last adjourned date, April 22, 2015, fixed June 23 for hearing of the motion by the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, seeking to slit the charge against Esai Dangabar and other accused persons (Atiku Abubakar Kigo, Ahmed Inuwa Wada, Veronica Ulonma Onyegbula, Sani Habila Zira, Uzoma Cyril Attang and Christian Madubuke). He told the court that the case had been dragging…
Justice Lawal Akapo of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on Monday June 22, 2015, convicted and sentenced one Emmanuel Osita (a.k.a Chuks) to three years imprisonment on a two count charge of obtaining money by false pretence.The convict was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, sequel to a petition from a legal practitioner on behalf of one Mrs. Veronica Okonkwo, an eighty-one (81) year-old woman who was the victim. The convicts while operating as a commercial tri-cyclist conspired with other persons who are still at large and falsely represented to the victim that they had the capacity…
Justice Olayinka Faji of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Friday, June 19 refused the bail application of 10 persons standing trial for the CBN currency scam. Those denied bail are: Kolawole Babalola, Olaniran M. Adeola and Toogun Kayode Philips (all ex CBN Staff).Others who are staff of First Bank include, Isiaq Akano, Ayodele Festus, Oyebanji Akeem, Ayodeji Aleshe and Ajiwe Sunday. The rest are Oni Ademola and Afolabi Esther Olunike, both staff of Wema Bank. Justice Faji refused to admit the accused persons to bail despite the argument canvassed by their counsel that they will be available to face…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on June 18, 2015 arraigned Wilson Eguridu, before an FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on charges bordering on forgery, contrary to the provisions of Sections 362 and 366 of the Penal Code.Eguridu, who is said to be a board member of the FCT Karate Association, is alleged to have forged an “Introduction Letter” to the British High Commission, as part of documents for the processing of visas for 14 persons, for a UK karate competition that was scheduled to take place in Dudley, in September 2014. Upon receipt of a petition from the…