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Cybercrime: Pastor on FBI-Wanted List Docked in Enugu
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Enugu Command on Friday June 3, 2022 arraigned one Pastor Kelechi Vitalis Anozie and three others who are currently at large, Mr. Azubuike Ifeanyi Bright, Mrs. Amarachi Blessing Iro and Mr. Kelechi Patrick Iro, before Justice I.M Buba of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on a seven count charge bordering on money laundering.
Anozie who is on the America Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Wanted List, was arrested by the Enugu Command of the EFCC at Owerri on March 10, 2022 following actionable intelligence received by the Commission.
The defendant is alleged to have defrauded one F.F who lives in Illinois the sum of $135,800, and $47,000 from another American based in North Carolina.
EFCC Arrests Corps Member, 18 Other ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Boys’ in Lokoja
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 19 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Lokoja, the Kogi State Capital.
The suspects were smoked out of their hideouts by the eagle-eyed operatives of the EFCC over the weekend following credible intelligence on their fraudulent activities.
The suspects include a serving corps member in the State, Adamu Shuabu and eighteen others.
EFCC Tasks Corps Members on Public Awareness Against Graft
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has called on members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to intensify campaigns aimed at carrying the anti-corruption message to the grassroots, especially among primary and secondary school children.
The charge was made on Friday, June 3, 2022 when officers of the Commission visited the EFCC/NYSC Community Development Service, CDS, Group, Area 1 Branch, Abuja, to sensitize them on effective ways of reaching their audience when carrying out their sensitization duties.
The Commission, represented by Martha Ojochokutami Eche of the Public Affairs Directorate, stressed that the anti-corruption fight belongs to all Nigerians and must be fought with all vigour, even by children who are being groomed as leaders of tomorrow.
EFCC Secures Conviction of Three Internet Fraudsters in Calabar
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The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of three internet fraudsters: Emmanuel James Olayi, Okadigbo Gabriel Nzubechukwu and Emmanuel Nnoli before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross Rivers State.
They were convicted on Thursday, June 2, 2022 after pleading guilty to one-count separate charges bordering on impersonation, preferred against them by the EFCC.
EFCC Cautions Nigerians Against Vote Buying
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has called on Nigerians to refrain from every act of vote buying and vote selling in the nation’s electoral processes.
This call was made in Abuja on Friday, May 3, 2022, by the Secretary to the Commission, Dr. George Ekpungu, while receiving a delegation of the Civil Society Partners on Electoral Reform, CISPER, who paid a courtesy visit to the EFCC.
The Secretary noted that every leadership’s recruitment process in the country is very vital, and called on Nigerians to avoid selling their votes and their future to the highest bidder in the course of elections.
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