Browsing: EFCC

Just yesterday, Thursday, November 24, 2016, one Paul Onomuakpokpo writing in the lead opinion column of The Guardian advertised his blissful ignorance by making a virulent mockery of Kalu’s defection of and asininely advised other people standing trial to toe Kalu’s steps. The crux of the diseased article by this daft fellow was that the APC was home for criminals who become saints on joining the party! This is sheer scurrility, stupefaction and viciousness of the worst order

Onouha was arrested by the EFCC following a petition by Joseph Goje on June 1, 2016, which alleged that the convict in partnership with his accomplice, Chinedu, currently at large, connived to hack into his GTBank account and fraudulently transferred N1,560,735

We have observed the worrisome trend of using the new media such as the online platforms to publish stories of investigation activities, arraignment of accused persons with screaming headlines insinuating their guilt before trial and in some cases even a blow by blow account of what transpired in the course of interrogation of arrested persons, which somehow finds their way into the new media either print or electronic

The groups in a communique issued on Sunday in Abuja at the end of its recently-concluded National Conference on the Role of the Legislature in the Fight Against Corruption, organised by the National Assembly and the Presidency, noted that prior to the process leading to the confirmation of Magu, the National Assembly went on recess

He said in the statement: “My attention has been drawn to the publication in several newspapers of Saturday 5th November, 2016 suggesting that I was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in connection with an allegation that I bribed a judge with the sum of N500,000.00. I must say that while sensationalism may occasion a newsworthy item, it behoves the victim of same to educate the public on the actual development

The commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, gave the confirmation via SMS to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Saturday.
Dikko, who headed the NCS between August 2009 and August 2015, was reportedly arrested by the EFCC in June over alleged diversion of N40 billion from the agency’s coffers

In the said audio recording, a voice purporting to be Akpabio could be heard dropping the names of some security chiefs, including the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, and boasting about the supposed EFCC boss’ willingness to help deal with his purported political adversaries in Akwa Ibom State, especially a certain Robinson Uwak