The Spokesman of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the development in a statement he issued in Abuja on Thursday
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Spokesperson for EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday.
It said the arrests were made in an early morning sting operation in two locations in Port Harcourt, Rivers.
Spokesperson for the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday.
The EFCC re-arraigned Nolan, alongside two others, on amended 32 -counts bordering on money laundering.
This is contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan.
The duo was arraigned on Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice S. M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court in Benin, Edo State on two counts each of impersonation.
EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Tuesday to newsmen.
But Dickson said the affected assets were acquired before he became Governor.
According to a source, Dickson presented himself to the EFCC following an invitation by the agency.
Slok, which is owned by former Governor of Abia, Orji Uzor Kalu, is seeking the court order restraining the EFCC from retrying the firm and its chairman (Kalu) in the alleged N7.1 billion fraud case.
Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on Friday after counsel to Kalu, Professor Awa Kalu, SAN; Mr Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, for the EFCC; Mr George Ukaegbu for Udeh Jones (2nd respondent) and Mr Chris Uche, SAN, for Slok Nigeria Limited (3rd respondent), adopted their brief of arguments in the matter.
The command’s comptroller, Suleiman Umar, made this known while briefing newsmen in Kano on the discovery at the airport
The anti-graft agency said that one Mrs Mary Olaleye, promoter of Victoria Travels Resorts Limited, allegedly obtained N8.480 million from two prospective travellers from Kaduna through false pretences.
Daniel testified during the trial of a pilot, Victor Uadiale, and a businessman Everest Nnaji, who are standing trial before Ikeja Special Offences Court.
Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is a decent young man. He is obviously bubbling with the zeal and commitment to wrestle corruption to the ground. I watched his appearance at the Senate in February. He acquitted himself well. He showed smarts, articulation, and robust knowledge of his job.
The caucus said it is disturbed by the silence of the APC-led government to the “worrisome development,” which it said smacks of an attempt to shield corrupt officials within its system.
On his Twitter handle, @abdulfatahAhmed, on Tuesday, the former governor said “In response to an invitation by the commission via a letter dated 26th April 2021, I voluntarily visited the EFCC in Abuja yesterday with regard to a complaint about a contract awarded by Kwara State government while I was the state’s Commissioner for Finance.