Matawalle $2m Bribe Hoax: EFCC Will Not Bandy Words with Suspect
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been drawn to a trending interview granted to the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, by Bello Muhammed Matawalle,...
...governor of Zamfara State, where he allegedly made wild bribery allegations against the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa.
Feb 24, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
EFCC Intercepts N32.4m Allegedly Meant for Vote-buying in Lagos
The massive operation by the EFCC to deter vote trading and other financial malfeasance ahead of tomorrow's presidential and national assembly elections may have begun paying dividends...
...with the interception in Lagos of the sum of N32,400,000 (Thirty-two Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira) allegedly suspected to be used for vote buying in Lagos. The recovery was made by operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Commission.
Feb 24, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
2023 Polls: EFCC in Last Minute Enlightenment Campaign
Few hours to the commencement of the 2023 general elections, officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, February 24,...
...intensified last-minute vigorous enlightenment and sensitization campaigns against vote buying and all forms of electoral fraud.
Feb 23, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Alleged Fraud: Court Fixes April 24 for Arraignment of Ondo Speaker, Two Others
Justice Adegboyega Adebusoye of Ondo State High Court, Akure on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, dismissed application of Hon. Oleyelogun David Bamidele, Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly...
...Hon. Felemu Olusegun Gudu Bankole, Chairman of, the House Committee on Tertiary Education and Oyadeyi Olusegun Kayode, a staff of the Ondo State House of Assembly which sought to stop their prosecution for alleged corrupt practices.
Feb 23, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
CSOs Affirm Confidence in Bawa
The Civil Society Groups for Good Governance, have commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, on his tremendous achievements since assuming office,...
...promising that his works will always be reference points of courage in the task of fighting economic and financial crimes.
Feb 22, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Court Orders Interim Forfeiture of 14 Properties Linked To Kogi State Govt, N400m
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, February 22, 2023,...
...granted an interim forfeiture of 14 properties in Lagos, Abuja and the United Arab Emirates linked to the Kogi State Government.
As part of efforts to ensure the integrity of the February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,...
...has deployed officers of the Commission to the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, to monitor the polls.
Feb 20, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Court Adjourns Yahaya Bello’s Nephew, Others N3bn Fraud Trial Till April 16
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the N3billion fraud trial of Ali Bello, nephew of Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and three others till April 16.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu adjourned hearing in the case after ruling on the defendants’ bail applications. The court granted the defendants bail in the sum of N500million each and two sureties in like sum.
Feb 20, 2023 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Court Sends Fraudster who Impersonated Nollywood Actor, Ninalowo, Two Others, to Jail in Warri
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, on Friday, February 17, 2023, convicted and sentenced three internet fraudsters, Onukwugha Favour, Lawrence David...
...and Omoghan Destiny Igbinosa, to prison on a separate one-count charge of impersonation and obtaining by false pretence.
Feb 19, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Again, EFCC Recovers N900 Million for NHIS
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered an additional sum of N900,000,000 (Nine Hundred Million Naira) for the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS.
The sum was part of monies which some Deposit Money Banks fraudulently withheld since 2015, and refused to remit into the NHIS’ Treasury Single Account, TSA.
Feb 19, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
305 EFCC Detective Assistants Complete Training at Police Mobile School
A total of 305 Detective Assistants of the EFCC Detective Assistant Course 3/2022, were on Saturday, February 18, 2023, formally inducted into the service of the EFCC at a passing out parade...
...marking the completion of their basic law enforcement training at the Police Mobile Force Training College, PMFTC, Ende Hills, Akwanga, Nasarawa State.
Feb 17, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Embrace Discipline and Good Moral Values, EFCC Charges Edo Students
The Acting Commander of the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC, ACE Nkechi Ude, on Friday, February 17, 2023 charged students of Imaguero College, Benin City to uphold discipline and good moral values.
The Commander stated this during an enlightenment campaign on the ills of economic and financial crimes in the school.
Feb 8, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
$9.6bn P&ID Fraud: Nolan’s Surety May Lose N100m Bail Bond
An Igala Chief, George Kadiri, who stood surety for James Nolan, the Briton at the centre of the ongoing $9.6bn Process and Industrial Development Scam trial, has until March 7, 2023...
...to show cause why his N100,000,000 bail bond should not be forfeited to the Federal Government.
Feb 8, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
EFCC Presents First Witness Against Suspect In Alleged $1.4bn Fraud In Lagos
The Lagos Command of the EFCC, on February 7, 2023, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Ayotunde Solademi, a Foreign Service National Investigator...
...for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Office of the Legal Attache in the US Consulate in Nigeria, against one Kolawole Adedayo Erinle, who is facing trial over an alleged $1.4bn fraud, before Justice R.A. Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
Feb 8, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Court Jails Two in $1.6b Money Laundering Trail of Omokore and Others
Two of the five persons standing trial in the $1.6billion money laundering charge before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Victor Briggs and Abiye Membere,...
...both former top officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, were on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, convicted by the court for “unethically collecting car gifts as public officials,” in contravention of section 98 of the Criminal Code Act.
Feb 7, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
EFCC Arrests Operations Manager of a Commercial Bank for Hoarding New Naira Notes in Abuja
An Operations Manager of a leading Commercial bank in Abuja Central Area was today, February 6, 2023, arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC,...
...for refusing to load the Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, of the bank despite having N29million of the redesigned Naira notes in the branch’s vaults.
Feb 7, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Three Yahoo Boys Sentenced to Community Service in Abuja
The EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command on Monday, February 6, 2023, arraigned three fraud suspects: Victor Joseph, Mohammed Edogi Mohammed and Johnson Nifemi,...
...before Justice A.I. Akobi of the FCT High Court Gwagwalada Abuja on one count charge each, bordering on internet fraud.
Feb 6, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
$1.3m Scam: Zaura’s Arraignment Stalled Again
The arraignment of the Kano Central Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Abdulkarim Saleh Abdulsalam,...
...before Honourable Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa of the Federal High Court, Kano suffered yet another setback today, February 6, 2023, owing to a change of counsel by the defence.
It is the sixth time the arraignment would be pushed forward at the instance of the defence.
Feb 3, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
EFCC Grills Actress Over Spraying, Stepping On New Naira Notes
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress and cosmetologist,...
...for allegedly tampering with the redesigned Naira notes, an offence contrary to Section 21 (5) of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Act, 2007.
Dec 19, 2022 • 34 tweets • 5 min read
Kogi: Agbakoba Goofed on EFCC’s Power to Probe States Finances
The attention of the EFCC has been drawn to comments credited to Olisa Agbokoba, SAN, in media reports of Monday, December 19, 2022,...
...wherein he cast aspersion on the Commission’s commitment to rule of law and its investigation of the finances of the Kogi State Government.
Dec 19, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
EFCC Begins Auction of Seven Forfeited Cars in Ilorin
The EFCC, on Monday, December 19, 2022 commenced the auction of seven cars, which are subjects of final forfeiture orders with inspection of the items by members of the public in Ilorin, Kwara State.
The exercise, which is a continuation of the auction scheduled to take place across the Commands of the Commission, was done in line with the EFCC (Establishment) Act 2004; Public Procurement Act 2007 and the Proceeds of Crimes (Recovery and Management) Act 2022.