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EFCC Docks Man For Alleged N72.4m Theft In Lagos
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 1, 2022, arraigned one Onoja Peter before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a six-count charge bordering on an alleged theft to the tune of N72,449,000.
The offence is contrary to Section 278 (1) (a) and (b) and Section 285 (1) of the Criminal of Lagos State of Nigeria 2021.
One of the counts reads: "Mr. Onoja Peter, sometime between February 2016 and December 2016 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, stole by fraudulently converting to your own use the sum of N15,900,000, property of National Union of Food Beverages and Tobacco Employee, NUBTE."
Alleged N260m Fraud: Court Sends Ex-Gusau Varsity VC, Prof. Garba to 35 Years in Prison
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 1, 2022 secured the conviction of Professor Magaji Garba, a former Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gusau, as Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Garki, Abuja, found guilty of a five count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and forgery and sentenced him to 35 years jail term.
Garba was arraigned by the EFCC on October 12, 2021, for allegedly extorting various sums from a contractor on the pretext of awarding him a N3 billion contract for the perimeter wall fencing of the University.
The offence is contrary to section 1 (1) (a) and punishable under section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
Nasarawa Court Sends Internet Fraudster To Jail
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Justice N.I. Afolabi of the Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State has convicted and sentenced one Adikpe Philip to jail for internet fraud.
He was jailed on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 after pleading guilty to one-count charge bordering on internet fraud, upon his arraignment by the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The charge reads: “That you, Adikpe Philip, sometime in July, 2022 in Makurdi, Benue State Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud sent electronic messages to one Keith Anderson and other foreign nationals, that materially misrepresented facts which reliance was place upon and caused them to suffer loss, thereby committed an offence, contrary to Section 14 (2) of Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under the same section of the Act".
N19.9m Fraud: EFCC Closes Case against Yobe Auditor General for Local Government
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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, closed its case in the ongoing trial of the Auditor General for Local Government, Yobe State, Alhaji Idris Yahaya before Justice Muhammad Lawu Lawan of the Damaturu State High Court, Yobe State.
The defendant allegedly obtained the said sum 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.
The count read: ''That you, Yahaya Lawal Idris, being the Auditor General for Local Government, Yobe State, between the 20th to 21st day of May 2017 at Damaturu, Yobe State within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, received the sum of N19,900,000.00 via your personal account number 1001480930 with account name Alhaji Yahaya Idris domiciled with United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) from the Local Government Audit Account Number 5030030060 domiciled with Fidelity Bank Plc for the purchase of a brand new Toyota Corolla 2015 Model, did dishonestly misappropriate the gross sum of N10,100,000.00 (Ten Million, One Hundred Thousand Naira) only being the money made for the purchase of the said brand new Toyota Corolla 2015 for the Office of the Local Government Auditor General, Yobe State, and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 308 of the Penal Code Cap 102 Laws of Yobe State of Nigeria and punishable under section 309 of the same Law.”
AUST Seeks Partnership With EFCC
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The African University of Science and Technology, AUST has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC to partner with the University on its new project Preventive Anti Corruption Education.
The request was made on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, when the President and Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Azikiwe P. Onwualu paid a courtesy visit to the EFCC Corporate Headquarters, Jabi, Abuja.
Onwualu stated that the project will support the existing national capacity building initiatives and undertake assessment of capabilities with the view to improving Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, response to the anti-corruption efforts.
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