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Kwara Court Sends Yahoo Picker to Prison in Ilorin
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of one Ismael Toheeb Opeyemi for offences that borders on cybercrime and retention of proceeds of crime.
He was prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC before Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin who found the defendant, a native of Egbeda Local Government area of Oyo State, guilty of the allegation levelled against him and sentenced him to six months imprisonment.
N19m Fraud : EFCC Arraigns Yobe Auditor General for LG
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday November 9, 2022, arraigned the Auditor General for Local Governments of Yobe State, Alhaji Yahaya Wakil Idirs before Justice Mohammed Lawu Lawan of the Yobe State High Court, Damaturu on a one-count charge of criminal misappropriation to the tune of Nineteen Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira (N19, 900,000.00).
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 misappropriated 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.”
EFCC Arrests 49 Suspected Fraudsters in Abuja
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Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC have arrested 49 internet fraud suspects. The suspects within the 19 and 32 years age bracket, were arrested in a sting in various homes at Navy Estate, Cajaah-Orozo, a suburb of Abuja, following credible intelligence on their alleged criminal activities.
Among items seized from them include over fifty mobile phones of different brands, fifteen laptops and a Lexus ES330 salon.
Court Jails Six for Internet Fraud in Benin
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Six Internet fraudsters, Uche Olisa Modebe, Ighodaro Omede, Osamwonyi Christopher Nicholas, Justice Obaje, Adefuwa Ajinde John and Anukwugha Destiny Nkada have been convicted and sentenced to jail terms by Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City.
They were arraigned by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on one count charge bordering on personation, unlawful possession of fraudulent documents and retention of proceeds of crime.
Modebe, Omede, Nicholas, Adefuwa and Obaje were convicted and sentenced on November 8, 2022 while Nkada was convicted on November 7, 2022.
EFCC Seeks to Set Aside Committal order Against Chairman
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, received with shock, report of the ruling by Justice Chizoba Oji of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, Abuja committing the Executive Chairman for contempt over the failure to comply with a November 21st, 2018 order of the court directing the Commission to return seized assets comprising a Range Rover (Super charge) and the sum of N40, 000,000.00 (Forty Million Naira) to the applicant.
This ruling is surprising as it creates a wrong impression of the person of the Executive Chairman of the EFCC as encouraging impunity. As far as the relationship between the EFCC and the judiciary is concerned, The Executive Chairman, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa has been an apostle of rule of law, due process, and close collaboration between the two institutions in justice administration. As an investigator, and the only Chief Executive of a law enforcement agency who regularly goes to court, the Executive Chairman will not tolerate impunity or disregard any lawful orders of court.
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