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At Anti- Corruption Day, EFCC Advocates Collective Action Against Voter Inducement
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa today called on stakeholders and members of the public to join hands in promoting the integrity of Nigeria’s election process to discourage vote trading. Bawa who spoke through the Commission’s Director of Operations, Abdulkarim Chukkol, at a ceremony to mark the 2022 International Anti-corruption Day at Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja , noted that the political recruitment process was crucial to the consolidation of the fight against corruption in Nigeria. “The tragedy of recent elections in Nigeria is the demon of votes trading. Both the political class who offer money and the voters who sell their votes for pittance are guilty. The consequence for the latter category is harsh. When electorates sell their votes, they lose the moral high ground to ask for accountable leadership. A candidate who pays his way into power or gets into office via the influence of a godfather, is least expected to be accountable to the people. His priorities in office will be unrestrained benevolence to his godfather and recouping the resources spent in acquiring power”, he said.
‘Transgender’ Bags Two Year Jail Term for Internet Fraud in Makurdi
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The Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 8, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Oblete Sunday Nazarethe before Justice N. I. Afolabi of the Federal High Court, Lafia, Nasarawa State on one count charge bordering on Internet fraud.
The charge reads: “That you, Oblete Sunday Nazarethe sometime in May, 2021 in Makurdi, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court fraudulently impersonated one Christopher Conway through his Instagram username with screenshot No-20210519024301.png claiming to be a transgender with intent to gain advantage for yourself and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 (2)(b)(i) and punishable under Section 22 (2)(b)(iv) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention etc) Act, 2015".
EFCC Conducts Public Auction of Over 400 Cars in Lagos
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced the auction of a total of 435 cars, which are subjects of final forfeiture orders in Lagos, in line with the EFCC (Establishment) Act 2004; Public Procurement Act 2007 and the Proceeds of Crimes (Recovery and Management) Act 2022
The exercise scheduled to take place across the Commands of the Commission, started on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 in Lagos with inspection of items by members of the public, while the auction exercise began today, Wednesday, December 7 and continues on Thursday, December 8, 2022.
The items are available in four locations: 40, Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos; 15A Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos; 14 Cameroon Road, Ikoyi Lagos and CVU Obalende, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Court Sends Four Internet Fraudsters to Jail in Benin ... Arraigns Another for Fraud
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Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court, Benin City on Tuesday December 6, 2022 convicted and sentenced four internet fraudsters to prison for fraud.
They are Raymond Oghosa Ogiemwonyi, Chata Okoro, Osagie Ogiemwonyi and Chukwudi Uwadia. They were arraigned by the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC on separate one count charges of retention of proceeds of crime and personation.
The charge against Ogiemwonyi reads: “that you Raymond Oghosa Ogiemwonyi sometime between May, 2022 to 13th October, 2022 in Benin City within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did take possession of the total sum of Eight Million, Two Hundred and Seventeen Thousand, Seventy-six Naira Eighty-eight Kobo (N8,217,076.88) knowing that same represents proceeds of Clinton Nosakhare’s ( your chairman) criminal conduct to wit; Cybercrime and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 17 (b) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment ) Act 2004.
Fraudster Bags Five Months for Destroying Evidence in Kaduna
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Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on December 6, 2022 convicted and sentenced one Alfred Kelvin Paul to five months imprisonment for destroying evidence.
He was convicted after he pleaded guilty to an amended one count charge.
The charge reads: That you, Alfred Kelvin Paul sometime in June 2022, at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, during the process of effecting arrest on you by the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission deliberately destroyed your iPhone 11 Pro with the intention of preventing same from being produced or used as evidence in court and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 129 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017”.
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