British Government Certifies EFCC Operatives As 'Interview Investigation Experts'
The British government on Friday, March 29, 2019, certified operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as Interview Investigation Experts. The certification followed a two-week intensive training for operatives of the Commission who were selected from various zonal offices across the country.
EFCC Docks Lawyer, 9Mobile Staff for N24.9m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, on Friday, March 29, 2019, arraigned two suspected fraudsters, Feranmi Isaiah Akinluyi and Sogo Akinola, a.k.a Obaje, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, lagos on a five-count charge, bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and stealing to the tune of N24, 980, 000 (Twenty-Four Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira).
EFCC Arraigns Italian Woman, One Other For Property Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Friday, March 29, 2019, arraigned Floriana De Stefani, an Italian, and Stella Ndubusi Ogboru before
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a five-count charge bordering on forgery and stealing of a property belonging to a company, Waterside Properties Limited.
How PDP Chair, Others Were Bribed With N500m-Witness
Mr. Owolanke Michael, a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Clement Faboyode, Chairman, Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Modupe Adetokunbo, former Director-General, Goodluck Jonathan/Namadi Sambo 2015 Presidential Organisation, on Friday, March 29, 2019 told Justice Saliu Saidu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how he paid the defendants the sum of N500, 000,000 (Five Hundred Million Naira) only on instruction given to him. Michael was Head of Operations in one of the branches of Fidelity Bank Plc in Akure, Ondo State.
Magu Tasks Youth on Corruption
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has described corruption as evil that could kill the society, urging Nigerian youth to be corruption fighters. He made this appeal on Friday, March 29, 2019 to students of Coastland Schools, Ikorodu, Lagos during their excursion to the Commission’s Lagos Zonal Office. Magu who was represented at the event by Muhammed Issa Rabo, Lagos Zonal Head of the Commission noted that corruption and economic crimes had given the country a bad name in the global community, adding that those who engage in corruption are enemies of the country.
How Agbele, Fayose’s Aide Coordinated Evacuation of N1.2bn cash- Witness
The trial of Abiodun Agbele, an aide to a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, continued on March 28, 2019, in Lagos with a prosecution witness narrating how he coordinated the movement of the N1.2bn slush fund, in the build-up to the Ekiti governorship election in 2014.
EFCC Arraigns 51-year-old Consultant for N2.4m Visa Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office on Friday, March 29, 2019 arraigned one Bashirudeen Babalola before Justice W.O. Akanbi of the Osun State High Court, sitting in Osogbo on a five-count charge of obtaining under false pretence and issuance of dud cheque to the tune of N2, 400, 000 (Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Naira).
