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EFCC Boss Meets Leaders of Mofeto Miracle Shurch, Tasks Nigerians on Whistleblowing
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- Written by Rashida Abdullahi
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has appealed to the public to embrace the Whistleblowing Policy of the Federal Government in exposing economic and financial crimes, assuring that the Policy is still very much in force, and whistle blowers have the opportunity for legitimate earning by exposing economic and financial crimes that lead to financial recovery.
EFCC Partners NANS in Fighting Corruption
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Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Benue State Chapter, have declared their support to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the ongoing fight against corruption and economic crimes in the country.
Two Varsity Students Jailed for Cybercrime in Ilorin
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- Written by Rashida Abdullahi
Two students of the Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete, Animasahun Rokeeb Mayowa and Lawal Alamin Tewogbola were on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 convicted and sentenced to various jail terms by Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin for offences bordering on cyber-fraud.
The duo of Animasahun and Lawal, who are natives of Oyo and Offa in Oyo and Kwara States, respectively were prosecuted on separate charge by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The defendants pleaded guilty to the charges against them.
Following their plea, counsel to the EFCC, Rasheedat Alao, through Salaudeen Abdulrasaq and Kaludeen Yahaya, who are operatives of the Commission reviewed the facts of the cases against Animasahun and Lawal.
The witnesses told the court how intelligence reports led to the arrest of the defendants in Malete Area of Kwara State with several incriminating documents. Several documents including their extra-judicial statements and iPhones were tendered and admitted in evidence.
Alao thereafter urged the court to consider the plea of the defendants, the extra-judicial statements, and exhibits tendered and convict them as charged.
Justice Akinpelu in her judgment agreed that the prosecution had established its case against each of the defendants. Consequently, he pronounced them guilty.
The judge sentenced Animasahun to six months imprisonment with option of fine of N150,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira ). The court ordered that a Toyota Camry Car 2007 model, which was recovered from him at the point of arrest and the iPhone which he used to perpetrate the crime be forfeited to the Federal Government.
Similarly, Justice Akinpelu sentenced Lawal to six months imprisonment on each of the two counts against him, which would run concurrently with option of N100,00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira ) fine on each count. The court also ordered the forfeiture of the sum of $225 (Two Hundred and Twenty Five Dollars), which he benefited from the crime and iPhone 6, which was used as instrumentality for the crime, to the Federal Government.
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1 February, 2022
Court Jails Three for Internet Fraud in Makurdi
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- Written by Rashida Abdullahi
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Command, has secured the conviction of Onah Michael Owoicho, Ochigbo Monday Adakole and Ahmed Musa before Justice Abdu Dogo of the Federal High Court, Makurdi, Benue State, on separate one-count charges of criminal impersonation and obtaining money by false pretences.
P&ID: EFCC Seeks Transfer of Kuchazi’s Trial to Minna
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is seeking the transfer of the money laundering case involving the Commercial Director of Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited, Alhaji Muhammad Kuchazi and his company Kore Holdings Limited to the Federal High Court, Minna, Niger State.
At the resumed hearing of the matter on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, prosecuting counsel, Bala Sanga informed Justice Zainab Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, of a pending application for the transfer of the case to the Minna Division of the Federal High Court, which he argued has jurisdiction to entertain the matter.
Kuchazi is being prosecuted alongside his company, Kore Holdings Limited on an eight-count charge bordering on money laundering and failure to comply with regulations of the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML).
Justice Abubakar adjourned till March 10, 2022 for report on the Chief Judge`s decision on the application.
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