The EFCC chairman, who spoke through his Chief of Staff, Kayode Oladele, at the EFCC’s workshop on Reporting Economic Crimes, held in Ikeja, Lagos State, said that Nigerians should be beam their light on the judiciary not on the commission
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The duo, who are directors of Rigel Energy and Maritime Limited. are wanted for fraudulent conversion of the sum of N107 million belonging to So Energy, a subsidiary of Sahara Group
The officials, who are being prosecuted before Justice S.C. Chukwu, are Thomas Iseghohi, Group Managing Director; Muhammed Buba, Company Secretary; and Mike Okoli, Deputy General Manager, on a 32 count charge of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, money laundering and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N15 billion
He argued that the Criminal Code states that a criminal charge brought against anyone must be specific in particulars, claiming that the “matter in this case is not specific and it is nebulous”
The group, which also asked that the former EFCC boss be investigated and prosecuted for alleged official recklessness, corruption and deliberate undermining of democratic ethos and rights of individuals, said the case of Uwajeh is an apt example of what the era of Waziri characterised at the EFCC
The suspects were arrested on October 8, 2013 at Warrior of Christ International Church, Off Odili Road, Port Harcourt, for allegedly obstructing and assaulting operatives of the Commission in the course of inviting one Rev. John Richard, who was alleged to be involved in a case of obtaining money by false pretence
Senator Lar said the purpose of the visit was to interface with the Commission, inspect and find out how it has fared with the 2013 budgetary allocations
He said it had been established that Nwosu granted loans without the approval of the bank’s board of directors
The charge reads: “That you Mohammed Bishir Abbas on or about the 4th of November 2011 at Zenith Bank Plc Bogobiri Street branch Calabar within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court with intent to defraud did obtain the sum of N7,063.000.00
Their arrest comes on the heels of a petition, which the Commission received from Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Marina, Lagos State sometimes in January 2013, alleging that a criminal attack had been launched on its data base, known as “Flexcube”, by unknown criminals who falsified the bank records and accounts and created unjustified huge opening balances in several accounts across the bank’s branches and subsequently transferred funds from those accounts to several accounts in other banks
The senator emphasised that the process of security bonds was a rigorous one as Kwara State had to undergo Fitch rating and other international best practices
Beyond the recoveries, the EFCC, according to a statement on Tuesday, intensified the prosecution of politically exposed persons, failed bank executives, captains of industries, beneficiaries of fraudulent oil subsidy payments and senior civil servants involved in pension fraud
The programme is expected to draw about 50 participants from nine Central African countries and 16 from West Africa
Signed by FTC Chairwoman, Edith Ramirez; the Director General of the Consumers Protection Council, Dupe Atoki; and the Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, the MoU, according to Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Prof, Adebowale Adefuye, is the first of its kind to include a foreign criminal enforcement authority
The Acting Commissioner of Police in Kogi State, Austin Evbakhavbakun, made the announcement in Lokoja, the state capital, when he paraded the suspects before newsmen.
The suspects are Samuel Ogbebor, Daniel Njaiji, Agwai Peter and Jackson Umosen
Amanze, who was the governor’s special aide, is alleged to have served as a conduit in siphoning over N514,833,564.60 belonging to the Enugu State Government
One of the charges reads: “That you Prince Okoro Usuanlele on or about the 9th day of March, 2012 at Benin, Edo State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court with intent to defraud did obtain the sum of N7,000,000 (Seven Million Naira) only from Asolyn Nigeria Limited, which said sum was paid into your Diamond bank account number 000149331, with cheque number 3373747, being payment to you as the purported owner of a parcel of land, lying and situated at No. 238 Upper Sakpoba Road, Ugbekun Quarters, Benin City; a pretext which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offense contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of same Act
Over 100 decoders and other computer gadgets were recovered from his server room by operatives of the Commission during a search on his apartment
Principal suspects involved in the scam are: Muili Hakeem Aderemi, former Executive Secretary, Oyo State Local Government Pension Board; and Iyabo Giwa, former Treasurer, Oyo State Local Government Pension Board
A breakdown of the figures showed that two officers, Olowonihi Ayo Peter, Commandant of the EFCC Academy, and Sanga Bala Silas Danufi, Head of the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, became directors on grade level 17