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Court Jails Yobe Auditor General Five Years for Fraud
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Alhaji Idris Yahaya, the Auditor General for Local Government, Yobe State, is to spend five years in prison, following his conviction on Monday, March 13, 2023, by Justice Muhammad Lawu Lawan of the Yobe State High Court.
He was convicted after being pronounced guilty of a one count of criminal misappropriation to the tune of Nineteen Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira (N19, 900,000.00) preferred against them by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Yahaya received funds from the Office of the Auditor General for Local Government and Emirate Affairs, Yobe State, for the purchase of an official vehicle, a 2015 Toyota Corolla, and diverted part of the money to his personal use.
Two PDP Chieftains Jailed 2 Years for N142m Elections Bribe Scam
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EFCC Presents Second Witness, Closes Case Against Two Impostors Arrested While Executing Fake Court Order In Lagos
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, March 10, 2023, presented its second prosecution witness, Olufemi Olukinni, and also closed its case against the duo of Ugwu Chijioke and Ibrahim Adekunle before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
The defendants, who were first arraigned on October 12, 2021 following their arrest in May, 2021, are being prosecuted on an amended five-count charge bordering on impersonation, attempt to obtain property, possession of documents containing false pretence and unlawfully wearing the uniform of the EFCC.
EFCC Arraigns Man for Land Fraud in Maiduguri
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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, March 10, 2023, arraigned one Baba Mele Ismail before Justice Umaru Fadawu of Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on one count charge of obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N2, 450,000.00 (Two Million, Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira).
The charge reads: "That you, Baba Mele Ismail and Bulama Yahaya Jibrin ( convict) sometime in August 2016 at Maiduguri, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, did obtain the sum of N2,450,000.00 (Two Million Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) from Mohammed Usman and Mohammed Usman Kime, under the pretense that the said amount represent payment for the purchase of a purported four (4) Plots of Land laying and situate at Airport Road, Maiduguri Borno State which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(1) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences, Act 2006 and Punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act.”
Bawa Charges Youths on Cyber Security
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Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, has called on youths across the country to be conscious and widely educated about the internet in order to develop strength against computer-related frauds.
He made the call in Abuja on Thursday, March 9, 2023 while addressing students of Government Secondary School, Karshi on their 2023 Annual Career Day, themed: “Careers in the World of Technology.
According to him , being cyber-conscious enhances security of youths against internet-related fraud and empowers them ahead of any cyber attack.
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