They called on the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, to restrain his officers, by asking them to stop further harassment of innocent students, under the guise of being suspected to be involved in cyber crime, popularly called “Yahoo Yahoo”.
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The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday said his administration would partner with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to combat graft, including recovering funds looted from the state treasury.
Yusuf Pam, former Plateau Government cashier, told a Jos High Court that all the statements he made against former Governor Jonah Jang to the EFCC were obtained under compulsion and duress.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Alhaji Rijiya Ibrahim, the Chairman of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria in Gumi Local Government Area of Sokoto state over alleged diversion of fertilizer.
Its Zonal Head, Public Affairs Department, Nwanyinma Okeanu, told newsmen in Makurdi that the case was transferred to the commission by the Benue Department of State Security Service.
The Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has appointed Prof. Ladi Hamalai, Commandant, EFCC Academy, Karu, Abuja.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said that it raided the residence of former Zamfara Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, over allegations of economic and financial crimes.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has petitioned Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, and Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, urging them to “jointly and urgently invite Senators Godswill Akpabio and Isa Misau for interrogation and further questioning over alleged diversion of constituency projects.”
Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes commission, Ibrahim Magu, has appealed to the British Government to help Nigeria repatriate the country’s stolen money stashed away in banks in UK.
In a charge number: FHC/ABJ/CR/80/2019 brought before Justice Nkeonye Maha, Counsel to the EFCC, Mohammed Abubakar, said the suspects attempted to transport the cash without making a declaration of the same to the Nigeria Custom Service as required by Section 12 of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, Cap F34, LFN 2004.
The Economic Financial and Crimes Commission on Thursday arraigned a woman said to be a naval officer and four others over alleged oil theft.
The EFCC acting spokesman, Tony Orilade, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.
The party said the screening exercise must have enabled the Senate to further confirm that many of the nominees presented to it by President Muhammadu Buhari include individuals who as former governors and ministers wrecked their states and ministries and have serious allegations of corruption, abuse of office and stealing of public funds hanging on their necks.
Satguru MaharajJi, the founder of One Love sect, has recommended the screening of ministerial nominees by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission.
He appealed to the international law enforcement agencies to assist the agency in this regard.
Okorocha said the EFCC was only playing the script of the Peoples Democratic Party-led Government in Imo State.
The EFCC sealed the properties on Tuesday.
Among the properties of the Senator seized were Rochas Foundation College; East High Academy; Reach FM, Owerri; a shopping mall; and Royal Palm Beach Hotel.
The EFCC is prosecuting Kalu, his former Commissioner for Finance, Jones Udeogu, and his company, Slok Nigeria Ltd, on an amended 39 count charge of fraud related offences.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested a Nigeria Immigration Service officer, Adebimpe Kehinde, for his alleged involvement in passport racketeering.