The position of the EFCC follows the claim by Fayose that the EFCC, which had placed embargo on the operation of his account with Zenith Bank Plc, has no right to do so because he enjoys immunity
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Fayose said this on Monday in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital
Sheriff, as reported by The Eagle Online on Wednesday, was invited by the EFCC to appear before its operatives at its Maiduguri, Borno State office
Obanikoro said this on Wednesday following the search of his houses and confiscation of some of his properties by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday
Sheriff was believed to have benefitted from the funds released by the Presidency for the reelection bid of the then President Goodluck Jonathan
In the motion for bail filed on his behalf by his counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN), Fani-Kayode told the court that he will be ready and willing to provide a responsible surety(ies) as may be required by the court as condition(s) for the granting of this application
Obanikoro, who described the operation as gestapo like, said the operatives harassed innocent kids, took away cars, wrist watches and other valuables from his Ikoyi, Lagos State home
Obanikoro has been on the radar of the EFCC for a while over his role in the $2.1 billion arms scandal that rocked the office of the National Security Adviser, held then by retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki
Obasanjo never reached Jalingo where he was supposed to be entertained
The convict was arraigned alongside six others in July 2015 for conspiring among themselves to steal over N30 million from the bank account of a deceased customer of a new generation bank, where the convict works
Umar on Tuesday in court said he was ready to settle out of court in the seven-count charge money laundering case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
According to available information as at press time on Friday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, will release the details
In a petition addressed to the office of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and supported with documents, the Chairman of CSNAC, Olanrewaju Suraju, urged the anti-graft agency to probe new findings of alleged criminal conversions and embezzlement of pensions of innocent pensioners by civil servants in active collusion with government officials and pension underwriters
The syndicated story tended to create the wrong notion that Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, condemned the Commission for allegedly violating the fundamental rights of Roberts Azibaola, a suspect that is under investigation for receiving $40 million in a phantom contract from the Office of the National Security Adviser
In his welcome address, titled: “We Must Win The War on Corruption and Impunity,” during the launch of EFCC Clean Hands Campaign on Thursday at the Eagle Square, Abuja, the anti-graft Czar added that the Commission had kept faith with its mandate and the expectations of Nigerians
According to the EFCC, a former acting Governor of Taraba State, Senator Sani Abubakar, chaired the committee that supervised the sharing of N450 million in Taraba State and a former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Senator Joel Danlami, benefited from the cash, while Senator Sa’idu Kumo of Gombe State collected N450 million campaign fund for the re-election of former president Goodluck Jonathan
The commission accused Omisore of receiving N700 million from a former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had charged Omatseye on 27 counts bordering on bid rigging and contract splitting
The Commission warns the public to be wary of the activities of these fraudulent individuals who have no relationship whatsoever with Mr. Magu and the EFCC. “I have not mandated anybody to collect money on my behalf from any person or organisation. It is not in my character to do so otherwise I will not be in this office. I am contented with what I am paid at the end of the month,” Magu said
The National Coordinator of JACCSN, Comrade Isaac Ikpa, at a press conference on Thursday in Abuja condemned the involvement of some officers of the EFCC, Habibu Aliyu and Isa Dongonyaro, in some shady deals allegedly going on in the commission.