A suspected fraudster, Emeofa Michael Ikechukwu, alias Michael Briggs, was on Thursday, June 11, 2015, re-arraigned before Justice I.E Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.The suspect, who had earlier been arraigned on March 10, 2015 before Justice H.A. Nganjiwa, is being prosecuted on a nine-count charge bordering on impersonation, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of over $127,000 Ikechukwu had allegedly obtained the money from his Swiss girlfriend, Misepasi, whom he met on a dating site in February 2013, after tricking her to invest in…
Author: Kunle Edun
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on June 11, 2015, secured the conviction of Usman Salisu Umar, who was brought before Justice Dije Aboki of the Kano State High Court, on three count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and forgery.Umar was arrested in 2013 by operatives of the EFCC following a petition received from Alhaji Jibrin Umar, who alleged that sometimes in May 2013, Umar sold his landed property at Plot 1258 located at Kawaji Quarters, Kano, without his authorisation. The convict was alleged to have impersonated the son of the petitioner and sold the land to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 re-arraigned Dr. Sani Shuaibu Teidi, former director of Pension Accounts, Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja .Teidi was docked alongside one Udusegbe Eric Omoefe also known as Otega Akpotehiri, and their companies: Gozinda Enterprises, Bashinta Nigeria Limited, Haleath Enterprises, Uthatak Nigeria Limited, Krasiva Nigeria Limited, Badawulu Ventures Limited, Ebunu Attah Investment, Muha Millennium Motors Limited and Riba-ile Petroleum Limited, on a 21-count charge of failure to declare assets, obtaining by false pretence, conspiracy and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today complained to a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos that the Enugu state government had tampered with the assets of companies associated with the former governor of the state, Chimaroke Nnamani.The four companies which had on May 19, 2015 pleaded guilty to a 10-count amended charge brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, are Rainbownet Nigeria Limited, Cosmos FM, Capital City Automobile Nigeria Limited and Renaissance University Teaching Hospital. The companies are alleged to have failed to comply with lawful inquiry made by the Commission. Their assets are…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has faulted the decision of the Federal High Court Abuja, which today dismissed the 42-count charge of stealing bought against a former governor of Bayelsa state, Timipre Sylva on the grounds of abuse of court process.According to the anti-graft agency, Justice A. R Mohammed in dismissing the charge, erred in law as the accused persons had not taken any plea; no proof of evidence was placed before the court and trial had not commenced. It noted that the dismissal of the charge by Justice Mohammed, following the application of the Commission to consolidate…
Six executives of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Patience Okoro Eye; Afolabi Olufemi Johnson; Ilori Adekunle Sunday; Kolawole Babalola, Olaniran Muniru Adeola and Fatai Adedokun Yusuf, and others being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over N8billion mutilated currency recycling fraud, are to remain in prison custody until June 15, 2015.Justice Ayo Emmanuel of the Federal High Court Ibadan, Oyo State today adjourned to Monday June 15 for ruling on the bail application brought by the accused persons. At today’s sitting counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, prayed the court not to grant the accused…
The trial of two officials from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation implicated in Economic Reforms and Governance Project contract fraud, Dogonyaro Audu (aka Abdullahi Dogonyaro Mohammed) and Yahaya Ayodeji, was stalled Tuesday in Abuja due to the unpreparedness of their counsel, Abubakar Sadiq Oderiku, forcing the trial judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Jabi to adjourned the trial to June 25, 2015.Justice Halilu however ruled on the bail application of the accused persons who had been in prison custody since they were arraigned on May 26. The court had…
Justice A. O. Faji of the Federal High court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State today adjourned to Thursday June 11 for hearing of the bail application brought by three Central Bank of Nigeria staff and five others in the on going case of conspiracy, fraud and stealing preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC.At today sitting, Justice Faji ordered both the prosecution and defence counsel to harmonize their processes by ensuring that all parties were dully served. The accused persons: Kolawole Babalola, Olaniran Muninu Adeola, Toogun Phikip (all CBN staff); Isaac Akano, Ayodele Festus Adeyemi Oyebanji…
Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has described corruption as one of the causes of the pervasive poverty in Nigeria.Speaking at the weekend in Abuja during the annual National Association of Seadogs (NAS) Feast of Barracuda with the theme: A New Dawn in Nigeria: Practical Steps to Eradicate Corruption, Lamorde expressed the resolve of the Commission to continue to checkmate the activities of the morally corrupt people who have brought shame upon the Nigerian society. The EFCC boss, who spoke through the Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Osita Nwajah, said: ‘‘It is heart-warming that Professor Wole Soyinka,…
A Kano-based legal practitioner, Abdullahi Muhammed Hanga was on Friday, June 5, 2015 arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Aisha Mahmud of Kano State High Court for alleged property fraud to the tune of Fifty Million Naira.The accused was given the property three years ago to sell by one Hadiza. But contrary to the instruction of the property owner to sell the said property to a particular buyer, Abdullahi, using forged documents, sold the property to one of his relations and converted the proceeds to personal use.When the charge was read to him, Abdullahi entered…