EFCC
26 Internet Fraud Suspects Arrested in Abuja
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command, today, May 18, 2023, arrested 26 suspected internet fraudsters. They are Favour Obinna, Chinaza Onuigbo, Abdulrahman Ibrahim, Suleiman Daude, Ali Daude, Godwin Ifeanyi, Victor Ageme and Enoch Alfa. Others are Wisdom Ndubuisi, Matthew Gideon, Stanly Kosi, Japhet Akogun, James Efegha, Christopher Enaho, Daniel Benjamin and Idris Salvation.
Also arrested are Idris Victor, Ikechukwu Ephraim Idris,Abdullahi Sani, Jeremiah Yacim, Chindu Chukwuma, Mohammed Daude Hamisu, Tochukwu Trust, Theophilus Marshal, Sani Solomon and Chukwu Nnaemeka Oscar.
EFCC Raises the Alarm of Campaign to Discredit the Commission By Alleged Corrupt Persons
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, May 18, 2023, raised the alarm of a campaign by politically exposed persons under the Commission’s investigation for alleged corrupt practices to discredit the agency and its leadership.
The Commission made the disclosure while responding to a statement credited to the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Muhammed Matawalle, in which he criticized EFCC’s investigation of state governors and alleged corruption in the agency’s handling of assets disposal and plea bargain processes.
EFCC Arrests Five Suspected Yahoo Boys, Three Counterfeiters in Borno, Yobe States
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Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, arrested three suspected currency counterfeiting syndicate members operating in Gashua, Bade Local Government area of Yobe State.
The suspects apprehended with assistance from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp and Local Vigilance group are Shamsudeen Abubakar, Usman Warima Duna and Ismail Abdullahi.
Bawa Advocates More International Collaboration in Asset Recovery Efforts …Warns Nigerians Laundering Money in Saudi Arabia to Have Rethink
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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia called for enhanced international collaboration in asset recovery efforts.
He made the plea while signing a memorandum of understanding, MoU with the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (NAZAHA) of Saudi Arabia, a development which marked a significant milestone in strengthening international partnerships to address the complex challenges posed by corruption. The event was a follow up to the EFCC Chairman’s participation in the Ministerial Meeting of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities in the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) Member States in December, 2022 to adopt the Makkah Al-Mukarramah Convention, where the two agencies had resolved to reinforce their commitment to combat corruption with an MoU.
EFCC Presents First Witness in the Trial of Ondo State House of Assembly Speaker, Two Others
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday May 18, 2023, presented its first witness in the ongoing trial of the Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon. Oleyelogun David Bamidele and two others, at Ondo State High Court presided over by Justice Adegboyega Adebusoye. The two others are Hon. Felemu Gudubamikole, chairman, House Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Oyadeji Oludeji, Secretary to the House Committee on Tertiary Institutions.
Lead in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Ibrahim Audu, the first prosecution witness, Hon. Iroju Ogundeji told the court how he discovered that the sum of N2.4million was collected on his behalf and members of the House Committee on Tertiary Institution to attend a workshop in Lagos which he was not aware of. He told the court that when he discovered it, he met with the Speaker and asked him to refund the money to government.
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