Following the outburst, even the Nigerian Bar Association, through its National Publicity Secretary, Kunle Edun, issued a statement commending the conduct of Justice AbdulMalik while upbraiding the EFCC as one of the agents of state trying to destroy the judiciary.
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A statement on by EFCC Spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, quoted the commission’s Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, as saying this while delivering a lecture on Thursday at the National Defence College in Abuja.
Adewunmi was convicted of the one-count amended charge instituted against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office before Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court 2, sitting in Osogbo, Osun State.
Justice Okon Abang fixed the date after Destra Investment Ltd., Metuh’s company, which is the second defendant in the matter, closed its case after calling one witness.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday, re-arraigned Abdullahi Babalele, said to be son-in-law to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar,…
The suspects were arrested in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, following meticulous consideration of intelligence reports detailing their alleged involvement in internet fraud and other related offences.
Magu said on Monday during his working visit to the commission’s zonal office in Makurdi that some of the governors were now maintaining low profile.
The EFCC on Monday arraigned an American, Marco Ramirez, for the second time in an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly defrauding two more Nigerians in a bogus green card deal.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told the court that the two firms were owned by Obinwanne Okeke, “a strong leader of a cyber crime syndicate that specialised in business e-mail compromise.”
A Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Friday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to produce the 106 boxes, containing the N900 million allegedly stolen by two workers of Zenith bank PLC.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja Zonal Office on Thursday arraigned the duo of Brigadier General Tarelah Paul Boroh (retd) and Hanafi Musa Moriki before Justice O. O. Goodluck of the FCT High Court, Abuja on a nine count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust to the tune of N974,768,466 and $1,914,000.
The suspects: Oluwaseyi Gabriel Obe, Omojuyigbe Paul, Olubodun Victor, Alade Amos Opeyemi, Harry Osaremesin and Osaro Aganwonyi, were arrested during a sting operation in the early hours of THURSDAY IN the Igando area of Lagos following intelligence reports received by the Commission about their alleged involvement in the criminal activity.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zonal Office on Wednesday secured the conviction and sentencing of one Awojobi Ganiu, who parades himself as an Islamic cleric, to two years imprisonment for a N71 million oil fraud before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Indian government have agreed to pull more of their energies together in the fight against corruption and economic crimes in Nigeria and India.
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating Niger Delta Development Commission abandoned projects has vowed to drag defaulting contractors before the Economic and Financial Crime Commission to ensure thorough investigation and prosecution.
EFCC Counsel, Joshua Saidi, informed the court that the prosecution filed a motion dated September 12, seeking to amend the charge preferred against the defendant.
Kayode was arraigned on seven-count charges bordering on internet fraud and other fraud-related offences.
Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, on Wednesday closed argument in his ongoing trial…
The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Hassan Sidi Aliyu, AdministrativeSecretary; Hussain Jafar, Head of Operations; Abdullahi Yusuf Abubakar, State Accountant; and Abdulmumin Usman, all of the Independent National a Electoral Commission in Zamfara State for an alleged case of conspiracy, breach of trust and criminal diversion of Ad Hoc staff allowance to the tune of N84.696 million.
Suswam, a serving senator, was re-arraigned before Justice Okon Abang alongside Omadachi Oklobia who was the Commissioner of Finance in Benue when he was governor.