The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has docked a College of Education bursar at an Anambra State High Court on a four count charge bordering on forgery and uttering. He was arraigned before Justice V.M Ume.  ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja was on February 22 , 2012 told by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, that the various companies that executed the N9 billion contract awarded by the leadership of a former speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, have no known addresses.  ...

Justice Akintunde Boade of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan has adjourned to April 26 for hearing of the applications filed by the prosecuting counsel, Godwin Obla for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and counsel to the accused persons, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN.  ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned two fraudsters before Justice B.O. Quadri of the Federal High Court, Gombe on charges of counterfeiting and altering of the American dollar as well as obtaining money under false pretences.  ...

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, on Monday, February 20th, 2012 assured Nigerians and the international community of the preparedness of the Commission to deliver on its assigned mandate of combating economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption.  ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, February 17th , 2012, expressed its desire to partner with Civil Societies Organizations, CSOs in the on-going petroleum subsidy probe and in the larger context of combating economic and financial crimes in Nigeria . Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde stated this when a coalition of CSOs led by African Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, paid him a courtesy visit.  ...

After almost one and half hour of questioning, the Senate on February 15th , 2012, confirmed the appointment of Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde as the third substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The confirmation took place at the normal plenary session of the Senate. A motion to consider his confirmation as requested by President Goodluck Jonathan, in accordance with Section 2(3) of the EFCC Establishment Act 2004, was moved by the Senate Leader, Senator Victor Udoma-Egba and seconded by Senator Ganiyu.  ...

The trial of former governor of Ogun state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel on a 43 count charge of stealing, fraudulent conversion by trustee, failure to declare assets as well as corruptly obtaining property during his eight year rule as governor of the state, continued today, Wednesday February 15, 2012 with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC clearing the air on the alleged misrepresentation of the proceedings of January 20 in a weekly television programme. Counsel to the anti- graft agency, Rotiimi Jacobs who acknowledge the error, told the court that it was an innocent mistake caused by technology and that it was not intended to manipulate the court process. He added that neither the prosecution team nor the leadership of the Commission had any hand in the said publication. “We didn’t have any hand in that publication, neither is the top echelon of the Commission aware of the publication. The people concerned had no foreknowledge whatsoever of any ruling that your lordship might give in this case”, he said Jacobs apologized to Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje for any embarrassment that the said publication had caused him and promised that the report would be retracted in the next episode of the programme.  ...

A People’s Democratic Party ,PDP, governorship aspirant in Kogi state and former Director of Pension in the office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Shuaibu Sani Teidi, has testified before a Federal High court sitting in Kaduna that Muhammad El Ameen Al Haleel, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, collected the sum of N60m (sixty million naira) from him.Trouble came for Al Haleel when he conned Teidi of the sum of N60 million with a promise to facilitate a meeting between him and the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Arc. Muhammad Namadi Sambo to ensure that Teidi got nominated as the Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Kogi state.Teidi , a former Director, Pension Administration in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, victim of the N60million scam, is also an accused person standing trial by the EFCC over a N4.56 billion Pension scam. He is being tried alongside 39 other accused persons.  ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on February 9th , 2012, ruled that four former officials of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, who are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for corruption and defrauding the federal government to the tune of over 1.3 billion naira have a case to answer and therefore must face trial.  ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned one Ayoola Temitayo (aka Nelly James and Dara Martins) before a Lagos High court sitting at Igbosere for allegedly obtaining the sum of USD 5,000 (Five thousand United States Dollars) from one Ricky Dean under false pretences.  ...

The British Department for International Development, DFID, on Thursday, February 2nd , 2012, appraised the work of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and disclosed that its activities are crucial to the growth and development of Nigeria . Mr. Mark Lowcock, Permanent Secretary, DFID, while on a courtesy call to the Acting Chairman, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, expressed his agency’s desire to continue to work with the EFCC in its task of fighting graft.  ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned one Iloduba Emmanuel before an Ikeja High Court, Lagos for allegedly defrauding some persons to the tune of N310, 000. Emmanuel was arraigned before Justice Adewale Abiru on a 9 count charge of fraudulently collecting over N310, 000 from unsuspecting members of the public under the guise that he was going to help them secure job with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.  ...

At the resume hearing of the ongoing trial of the former Managing Director of Bank PHB ( now Keystone Bank), Francis Atuche, his wife, Elizabeth Atuche and a former top management staff of the bank, Ugo Anayanwu, at the Ikeja High Court, Lagos, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission presented another witness, PW 7, Mrs Ifetayo Obi, who works in Treasury Operations section of KeyStone Bank..  ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Monday January 30th , 2012, delivered ruling on an extradition charge filed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Bello Adoke against Rasheed Abayomi Mustapha. Delivering judgment, Justice Patricia Ajoku dismissed the preliminary objections raised by counsel to the fugitive, Dr. Joseph Nwabike, SAN, that the court was not competent to hear the extradition charge against Mustapha.  ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday January 24th , 2012, arraigned eight persons on a two count charge bordering on conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products at a Federal High Court 1 sitting in Calabar, Cross River state.

The eight accused persons were arrested with illegally bunkered Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, along Calabar River , Cross River state. They are: Uwem Ante, Happier Ita-Esin, Edet Okon Usukunya, Imeh Effiong, Happy Idaoko, Paul Etim, Okon Edet Okon and Uduak Okon. Ante is the leader of the syndicate.  ...

The attention of the Commission has been drawn to reports of the discharge of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr.Dimeji Bankole and his erstwhile deputy, Mr Usman Nafada by Justice Suleiman Belgore of the FCT High Court Abuja.

The Commission wishes to state that it does not yet have the Certified True Copy of the referenced judgment

The Commission will decide the next line of action only after receiving and studying the Certified Copy of the said Judgment.  ...

The House of Representatives Committee on Drugs, Narcotics, Financial Crimes and Anti-Corruption on Friday, January 27th, 2012 called for enhanced funding of the activities and operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Chairman of the Committee, Honourable Jagaba Adams Jagaba made this call at a meeting where the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde presented the Commission’s budget proposal to it.  ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has sentenced an electrician, Adeniran Sikiru Adekunle, 39 to three years imprisonment over a case of unlawful possession of foreign fake cheques. In a summary trial, Adekunle pleaded guilty to an amended three count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes commission upon which Justice Tsoho pronounced him guilty as charged and sentenced him accordingly.  ...

Justice Charles Achibong of the Federal High Court, Lagos has adjourned to January 31, hearing in the application brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC seeking to disqualify the trial judge from handling the case involving Erastus Akingbola, former managing director/chief executive officer of Intercontinental Bank Plc.  ...

Against the backdrop of rising expectations of Nigerians from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the American Ambassador to Nigeria , Mr. Terence McCulley, on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012, expressed the desire of the American government to continue to collaborate with the EFCC in its task of fighting economic and financial crimes. Ambassador McCulley said this while paying a courtesy visit to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde at the EFCC’s corporate headquarters in Abuja . He explained that the United States has interests in deepening relationships with the EFCC under the leadership of Mr. Lamorde. “We are ready to work with EFCC under your leadership. We commend your efforts to regain the credibility that EFCC has lost in the past”, McCulley said.  ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Tuesday, January 24, 2012 arraigned four persons – Saturday Ovie, (aka David Makos, Olu Shola, Dr. Segun Obasanjo), Udugba Benson, Boyo Oritsetimiyn Bobby and Ovisco-Link Nigeria Limited before a Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for allegedly obtaining various sum of money ($67,740 Dollar and N104, 366.69) under false pretence from one Filip Disanza, a German national. The accused persons were arraigned on a 7 count charge before Justice Stephen Adah.  ...

The Senate CoAAmmittee on Drugs, Narcotics, Financial Crimes and Anti-Corruption on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, decried the reduction of government’s allocation to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in the 2012 budget estimates. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Victor Lar, expressed this reservation at a Senate Committee meeting where the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde presented the EFCC’s budget proposal to it.  ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on January 23rd, 2012, told an FCT High Court, sitting in Abuja , that a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and his Deputy, Usman Nafada, have a case to answer in the on-going case of N38 billion fraud and criminal breach of trust instituted against them. This submission was made in response to an application for a no-case submission filed by Bankole and Nafada’s counsel on the ground that the EFCC has no sufficient evidence to prosecute their clients.  ...

An Ogun State High Court, sitting in Abeokuta , on January 20, 2012, dismissed an application filed by a former governor of the state, Gbenga Daniel, to stop his trial. Daniel is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 43 count-charge of stealing, fraudulent conversion by trustee, failure to declare assets as well as corruptly obtaining public property while in office as governor.  ...

The trial of former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel on charges of criminal embezzlement of funds and diversion of properties and lands belonging to the Ogun State government, brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, resumed Thursday 19th January, 2012 at the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State, with the accused person challenging the jurisdiction of court and seeking to quash the charges preferred against him.  ...

The Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina on Thursday, January 19th, 2012, disclosed that a whooping N151billion fraud had been un-covered in pension offices across the nation, through the assistance and intervention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He stated this while on a courtesy visit to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde.  ...

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos state, has sentenced a foodstuff seller, Samuel Nelson Nwankwo to two and half years imprisonment over a case of impersonation and obtaining the sum of $243,500 .00 under pretences from a businessman. Justice Habeeb Abiru, delivering judgment in a case of conspiracy, forgery, impersonation and obtaining money under false pretence preferred against Nwankwo by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, found him guilty of all the charges imputed to him and jailed him accordingly. He also ruled that the convict should refund a total sum of twenty thousand United States Dollars ($20,0000) to his victim as restitution.  ...