The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 arraigned Mr Olusola Alaba (a.k.a Anthony Adekunle Okundalaiye, Lateef Tokunbo Alli, Magnus Obe), before Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High court sitting in Ikeja, on a four count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretences and forgery to the tune of N1.490.000 (One million, Four Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira). He allegedly obtained the sum from one Olutoyin Ogundipe by falsely representing to her that the money represented the cost of rent for a three bedroom flat located at Plot 8, Oladimeji Alo Street, Lekki Phase One, Lagos.

Justice Adamu Bello of the Federal High Court today 23rd January convicted Mallam Abulrasheed Ibrahim for the offence of money laundering. After the dramatic turn of changing his plea of guilty to not guilty plea on the 21st January, 2013, Mallam Abdulrasheed Ibrahim, today withdrew his plea and pleaded guilty to the offence. He was arrested on Wednesday, November 7, 2013 by operatives of the commission as he prepared to board a Dubai, United Arab Emirate bound Ethiopian airline, at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport when he declared the sum of $45,000 but a search revealed additional $143,858.