Magu stated this on Thursday in a statement signed by Dele Oyewale, the commission’s spokesperson, after a World Press Conference to mark the 2020 Democracy Day and Anti-Corruption Summit
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The Zonal Head of EFCC, Mallam Isyaku Sharu, disclosed this in Ilorin on Thursday, while speaking with newsmen on the commission’s achievements during the lockdown occasioned by the Coronavirus.
Justice Chikere gave the interim forfeiture order in a ruling in an ex-parte motion argued by the EFCC’s Lawyer, Ekele Iheanacho.
Hembah is the Special Adviser on Security Matters to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State.
The Commission also said it recovered about N14.9 billion, $5,723 and €31,500 in the same period under review.
Justice Mojisola Dada sentenced the newly-wed after he had plead guilty to a charge of possession of fraudulent documents proffered against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja had on Monday struck out EFCC’s affidavit in support of the forfeiture order on the grounds that it was “filed out of time without first seeking the court’s leave for an extension of time to file”.
The court was presided over by Justice Liman Mohammed.
This was as a result of an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice Chukwujeku Aneke.
Omo-Agege denied that a letter in circulation said to have emanated from the Clerk of the Senate, requesting the Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, to investigate the Minister did not come from him.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Sarki Auwalu, Director, DPR, made the disclosure on Wednesday during an online interactive session with the media on topical issues in the oil and gas industry.
The EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Friday.
According to a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by the Group, the petition against the Minister was submitted to the EFCC on February 24, 2019 and a reminder to that effect was submitted on May 19, this year, adding that no action has been taken on it since then.
The Niger Delta Development Commission had on Tuesday accused some federal lawmakers of demanding payment of N6.4 billion from it for unverifiable projects.
The EFCC had on March 23 charged Oyo-Ita and eight others with 18-counts of money laundering to the tune of N570 million.
The PDP lampooned the All Progressives Congress for not speaking out on the allegations in the public space that the said bank accounts allegedly operated with multiple names in various banks are being used to siphon funds belonging to the people of Lagos state.
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development says the list of all participating vendors in the modified School Feeding Programme will be submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Justice Jude Okeke of the FCT High Court on Thursday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to put its house in order in the trial of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal.
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for exposing Chinese nationals who tried to block investigations against their alleged shoddy contract in the state.
Justice Babatunde Quadri of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday ordered the final forfeiture of $300,000 belonging to a Chinese national, Li Yan Pin, to the Federal Government of Nigeria.