EFCC
Retired Prisons Comptroller Docked for N8.7m Land Scam
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today June 21, 2022, arraigned one Kayode Raphael Odeyemi, a 62-year-old retired Deputy Comptroller of Correction, before Justice M.A. Madugu of the FCT High Court, Bwari Abuja on a two count charge for offences bordering on land fraud.
Count one of the charge reads, “that you, Kayode Raphael Odeyemi sometime in December 2019 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, by false pretense and with intent to defraud, did obtain the sum of N6,500,000 (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira) from Joseph N. Emelieze, paid into your First Bank account number 2015894843, under the pretense that the said payment was meant for purchase of plot of land situate at Sabon Lugbe, Abuja, a fact which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act”.
Cyber-Fraud: Yahoo Boy to Wash Toilet for Eight Months in Osun
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The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 20, 2022, secured five convictions before the Federal and State High Courts in Ibadan, Oyo State and Osogbo, Osun State respectively.
Among the convicts is Amusa Abdulhakeem Oluwasegunfunmi, a final year student of Transport Planning Management at Tai Solarin University, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State who was sentenced to eight months community service for fraudulent impersonation. The others are Amusa Abdulhakeem Oluwasegunfunmi, Ajisafe Sodiq Olaide, Lawal Samuel Morenikeji, Osuolale Abdullahi Abiodun, and Olamilekan Ridwan Taofeek.
They were convicted on separate one count charges each for offences relating to cyber-fraud.
Alleged N266.5m Fraud: Court Adjourns Fake Army General’s Trial Till June 28
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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, June 20, 2022, adjourned till June 28, 2023 further trial in the case involving one Bolarinwa Abiodun, a self-professed Army General, who is being prosecuted on a 13-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery of documents and possession of documents containing false pretence to the tune of N266,500,000.
The defendant, whose bail was on April 25, 2022 refused by the court as he was ruled to constitute a flight-risk, is being prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on offences contrary to Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act 2006; Section 363 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 and Section 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act No 14 of 2006, respectively.
EFCC Charges Students on Commitment to Anti-Corruption Fight
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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has called on students across the country to shun economic and financial crimes and join the EFCC to drive the anti-graft war more vigorously.
He gave the charge on Monday, June 20, 2022 in Abuja, when students of Divine Mercy Nursery and Primary School came on a study tour of the EFCC at the Commission’s Headquarters.
According to him, students hold the ace of the future of Nigeria and their involvement in the fight against corrupt practices is imperative.
Alleged N450m Fraud: Court Admits Former Minister, Bulama, Others’ Confessional Statements as Exhibit
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Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State, has admitted in evidence the confessional statements made by a former Minister of Science and Technology, Abdu Bulama.
Bulama was the coordinator of former President Goodluck Jonathan's 2015 re-election campaign committee in Yobe State, is being prosecuted alongside a former Commissioner for Integrated Rural Development in Yobe State, Mohammed Kadai, Abba Gana Tata, Muhammad Mamu and Hassan Ibn Jaks for allegedly receiving the sum of N450m from Diezani Alison- Madueke, former Minister of Petroleum Resources, to influence the outcome of the 2015 Presidential Election.
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