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EFCC, NOUN Explore Opportunities for Partnership
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa and the Vice Chancellor of National Open University of Nigeria NOUN, Professor Olufemi Peters on Thursday July 29, 2021 resolved to collaborate in areas of mutual interest especially Information and Communication Technology, forensics and training.
The resolution was the highlight of discussions as a team from the EFCC led by Director of Administration and Human Resources, Ibrahim Mohammed, who represented the Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, visited the institution in Jabi, Abuja.
He said the aim of their visit was to explore areas for collaboration to the benefit of both agencies.
EFCC, PAGMI Sensitize Artisanal Gold Miners and Dealers Against Money Laundering
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative (PAGMI) on Tuesday August 3, 2021 reiterated the need for continuous education and enlightenment of artisanal gold miners and gold sellers in view of their susceptibility and vulnerability to being used to perpetrate acts of money laundering.
Mrs. Ibinabo Mary Amachree of the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML Abuja who represented the Director of SCUML, Daniel Isei, stated this in a keynote address at a one-day sensitization/ town hall meeting in Kaduna for artisanal gold miners and sellers.
EFCC Hands Over Recovered N191, 000 to Victim of Fraud in Enugu
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The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today August 3, 2021 handed the sum of N191, 000 (One Hundred and One Thousand Naira) to one Mrs Lillian Okonkwo Anibogu, a nurse and victim of fraud.
Anibogu in January 2021 was robbed of her phone and ATM cards in a bus. The suspects were apprehended by the Police in Ishieke, Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, following report by a Point of Sale Operator who grew suspicious of their activities. They were subsequently handed over to the EFCC for further investigation.
Two Docked for Fraud in Maiduguri
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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 arraigned one Ali Lawan Kadai before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a one-count charge of misappropriation of fund to the tune of N13, 000, 000.00 (Thirteen Million Naira), an offence contrary to Section 311 of the Penal Code Cap. 102 Laws of Borno State of Nigeria and punishable under Section 312 of the same law.
The defendant allegedly diverted the sum meant for the supply of foods items to a Non-Governmental Organization, ‘‘Save The Children’’, to personal use.
The charge reads: ‘‘That you, Ali Lawan Kadai, sometimes in January 2019 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, being entrusted with dominion over certain properties to wit; N13, 000, 000.00 (Thirteen Million Naira) by Umar Goni Mohammed for a supply of foods stuffs to a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) (Save The Children), did dishonestly misappropriates the entire sum of N13, 000, 000.00 (Thirteen Million Naira) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 311 of the Penal Code Cap. 102 Laws of Borno State of Nigeria and Punishable under Section 312 of the same Law.’’
EFCC Arraigns Two for $20,000 Fraud in Port Harcourt
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The Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the duo of Kingsley Peters and Otonye Okoye before Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
They were arraigned on Monday, August 2, 2021 on four count charges bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences to the tune of $20,000( Twenty Thousand United States Dollars).
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