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EFCC Arrests “Driver” For Alleged $17.5m Advance Fee Fraud In Lagos.
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Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a suspected fraudster, Olabanji Aluko, for an alleged $17.5m advance fee fraud.
Aluko, who claimed to be a driver, was arrested on Wednesday, September 8, 2022, at a popular eatery in Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, where he had arranged a meeting with a petitioner, Col. Remi Abdulrahman Adeyemo( retd.).
Adeyemo, in his statement to the EFCC, claimed that he received a phone call from a man, simply identified as Ojo, who claimed to have known him some years back. Ojo, according to him, claimed that his son had initiated a divorce process in the United States of America, USA, and wanted to sell his properties to avoid losing them to his wife in the end.
Edo Court Jails Two Fraudsters Six Years
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Justice M. Itsueli of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin- City, on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 convicted and sentenced Okungbowa Edosa Emmanuel and Erhabor Osaikhuwuomwan to six years imprisonment.
The duo were arraigned by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a separate one-count charge, bordering on retention of proceeds of criminal conduct and fraudulent impersonation.
The charge against Emmanuel reads: that you Okungbowa Edosa Emmanuel sometimes between 16th February, 2018 to 16 th May 2022 in Benin City , Edo State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did retain the aggregate sum of Five Hundred and Sixty Five Million, Five Hundred and Fifty Four Thousand, Fifty Nine Naira, Eleven kobo (565, 544,059.11 ) only in your UBA account No:2105913681 knowing that same represent proceeds of criminal conduct to wit: contrary to Section 17(a) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment ) Act 2004 and punishable under Section(17(b) of same Act.
ACJA Monitoring Committee Ranks EFCC’s Medical Facility Best in Nigeria
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The Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, Monitoring Committee, has ranked the medical facility available at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as the best in the law enforcement community in Nigeria.
This disclosure was made in Abuja on Wednesday, September, 14 2022 by Justice Mabel. S. Bello of the Federal High Court when she led a delegation of the Committee to the Corporate Headquarters of the EFCC in Jabi, Abuja to inspect and evaluate the custodial and medical facilities available and accessible to suspects of economic and financial crimes in the Commission.
According to her, “in terms of medical facilities accessible to suspects so far, that I have seen in the Federal Capital Territory, and generally in the country, I think the EFCC’s medical facility ranks the best so far, it has a texture of international standard and it is quite remarkable.”
Two Fraudsters Bag 11 Years Jail Term in Sokoto
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Justice Malami Umar Dogondaji of the Sokoto State High Court has convicted and sentenced Abubakar Aliyu Dogo and Abubakar Saddik Ahmad to eleven(11) years imprisonment, for criminal breach of trust and theft.
They were convicted on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and theft, upon their arraignment by the Sokoto Zonal Command of the EFCC.
The charge against Dogo reads "That you Abubakar Aliyu Dogo sometime in April 2021 in Sokoto within the Judicial Division of the High Court of Justice Sokoto State, hing on the discharge of that trust and you thereby committed an offence of Criminal Breach of Trust contrary to Section 300 of the Sokoto State Penal Code Law, 2019 and punishable under Section 301 of the same law".
EFCC, Army Collaborate on Fight Against Terrorism Financing
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Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has expressed the readiness of the EFCC to partner with the Nigerian Army on intelligence sharing and capacity building, in tackling money laundering and terrorism financing in Nigeria.
Bawa gave this assurance in Kaduna on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 while addressing officers of the Nigerian Army School of Artillery, Kachia, Kaduna State.
According to him, modern warfare has gone beyond kinetics and exchange of gunfire and to effectively tackle terrorism and insurgency in Nigeria, the military and other security agencies must "choke" the source of funding of terrorists and identify their sponsors.
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