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EFCC Arrested 20 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Katsina
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The Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested twenty suspected Internet fraudsters in Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The suspects who were mostly youth in their early twenties were arrested by a team of operatives of the Commission following intelligence indicating that some Internet fraudsters were perpetrating fraudulent activities around Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Court Jails Oil Thief Four Years In Port Harcourt.
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Justice E.I. Mark of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced Henry Frimenjibo to four years imprisonment for conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum product without appropriate licence.
The convict was jailed after pleading guilty to two- count charges bordering on conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products without authority and appropriate licence, upon his arraignment by the Port Harcourt' s Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC.
Court Dismisses Ex-Minister, Usman, Others’ Application Over Alleged N4.9bn Fraud
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Court Dismisses Ex-Minister, Usman, Others’ Application Over Alleged N4.9bn Fraud
Justice Daniel O. Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on July 13, 2021, dismissed the application filed by a former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman, and others seeking to strike out the charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Nenadi is standing trial alongside Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation and Chairman of the 2015 Goodluck Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation over a N4.9bn fraud charge. Also charged with them are a former National Chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Yusuf Danjuma and a company, Joint-Trust Dimensions Nigeria Limited.
At the resumed sitting on Tuesday, counsel to the first defendant, Usman, Chief Ferdinand Obu, SAN, moved an application praying the court to strike out the charges against his client on the grounds that the court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the charge.
Court Jails One For Forgery In Port Harcourt
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Justice A .T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced Sokaribo Johnbull to seven months imprisonment for forgery.
Johnbull was arraigned by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on two-count charges bordering on forgery contrary to Section 1(2) (c) of the Miscellaneous offences Act, CAP M17, of the Revised Edition, (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 2007 and punishable under the same Act.
Alleged N150m Fraud: Court Dismisses Defendant’s Application
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Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, July 15, 2021, dismissed an application filed by Nelson Emuobosa Omo-Ode seeking to re-open his defence afresh.
Omo-Ode, a 34-year-old Business Administration graduate of the Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan College, Malaysia, was arrested on July 18, 2019 at his residence at The Address Homes, Onikani Foreshore Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos, following a petition received by the Commission about his suspicious lifestyle.
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