Oyewole was arraigned alongside the Pro-Chancellor and Bursar of the institution, Adeseye Ogunlewe and Moses Ilesanmi respectively.
The accused persons were arraigned on an 18-count -charge bothering on stealing and fraudulent conversion of the institution’s funds
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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
“Since I came in, we have established an anti-corruption unit in collaboration with ICPC and also, I have made a policy role that we must have incidence report of these frauds
Uwujaren stated that the programme tagged, `Nigerian Women Against Corruption’ was initiated based on the critical role played by women in the family and society at large
The EFCC’s counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), told the court that the prosecution had decided this morning to close the case against the former governor
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the EFCC had preferred a 30-count charge of conspiracy to pervert justice for the sum of N5 million against Obla and Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of a Federal High Court
At the last adjourned date on October 24, the defence counsel had informed the court of his client’s intention to enter into a plea bargain with the EFCC
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
A licensed BDC operator in Abuja, Alhaji Yusuf Rabiu, said the recent raid of bureau de change establishments by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission forced the operators to reach such an agreement
Sources in the EFCC confirmed to InsideBusiness on Thursday that the Commission had been on the trail of the Army General over the laundering of billions of naira in the capital and property markets
Magu said the vehicles, which included pick-up vans and buses, were provided by the Federal Government to enhance the commission’s operations in the war against corruption
Obi, who was also an Executive Director of NIMASA, was charged alongside one Alu Dismas, a former personal assistant to the former director general of the agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi
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
The witness, a staff of GTB, and account officer of Iyalikam Nigerian Limited, told Justice Okon Abang that the bank transferred N48 million from the company’s account on the instructions of Badeh to some other companies and individuals
It was therefore very shocking to us to read that the Commission’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, released a press statement wherein he alluded a lot of things supposedly said by the Catholic cleric and wove disheartening lies around them
The EFCC said since the news of the Nwokikes’ arrest broke, the Commission has received hundreds of petitions from victims, with details of how they were fleeced of billions of their hard earned money by Nwokike and his cohorts.
It said this situation is both pathetic and unfortunate