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Battle Against Corruption Must Continue - Buhari
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President Muhammadu Buhari has called on all African leaders, civil society organizations, anti-corruption agencies across the continent, to keep the flame of anti-corruption burning in getting rid of illicit financial flows and other threats to development on the African continent.
He made the remarks in Abuja while declaring open the Sixth African Union Day of Anti-Corruption. The event, themed: “Strategies and Mechanisms for the Transparent Management of Covid 19 Funds”, was organized by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU.
Court Convicts Fake Johnny Depp in Kaduna
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The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of Jeremiah Emmanuel who paraded himself as Johnny Depp on Hangout and one Abubakar Kabiru before Justice Darius Khobo of Kaduna State High Court.
The defendants were prosecuted on one and two counts respectively.
The charge against Emmanuel reads, “That you, Jeremiah Emmanuel (aka Johnny Depp), between May and June 2022 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, attempted to commit an offence and in such an attempt did a certain act towards the Commission of the said offence, to wit; falsely presented yourself as Johnny Depp ( a Hollywood celebrity in the United States of America) to one Jitka Krumlovà on 'Hangout' ( an online social media application) in order to cheat her and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 57 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law of 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same Law”.
N15m Fraud: Court Adjourns Rita Asajie's Case Till August 8, For Judgement
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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has fixed August 8, 2022 to deliver judgment in the N15 million fraud charge brought against one Rita Asajie alongside her company Ritzadel Nigeria Limited.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting the defendants on a three-count charge bordering on stealing, contrary to Section 285 (1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011, and issuance of dishonoured cheques contrary to Section 1(1)(b) of the Dishonoured Cheques (Offences) Act Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
Count one reads: "Rita Asajie and Ritzadel Nigeria Limited, on or about the 6th day of March 2012 at Lagos within the Lagos Judicial Division, did dishonestly convert the sum of N15,000,000 (Fifteen Million Naira) property of Lawrex Energy Limited for your own use."
Cybercrime: Two Convicted, Another Remanded in Oyo
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The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, July 14, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of the duo of Ogunlana Charles Tolulope and Amoo Emmanuel Abiodun on separate one count charge before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan, and Justice Bayo Taiwo of the State High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State.
The convicts were arrested by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC sometime in the year 2021 for cyber-fraud related activities in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Court Convicts Man for N.8m Scam in Kaduna
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The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Abdullahi Abubakar Abbas before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on a one count charge of criminal misappropriation of funds to the tune of N850,000
The charge reads, “That you, Abdullahi Abubakar Abbas on the 19th of June, 2020, in Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court dishonestly misappropriated a certain property to wit: the total sum of N850,000 ( Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) only, belonging to one Ramatu Abdulmumini, and paid to you for the purpose of buying decorative chairs and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 293 of Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 294 of the same Law”.
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