The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday secured the conviction of a former member of the House of Representatives, Chuma Nzeribe before Justice Yusuf Y. Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama. Abuja. Chuma Nzeribe was first arraigned by the EFCC on October 16, 2020 on a four count charge bordering…
The Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested an outdoor advertisement executive over political advertisements that appeared in two billboards in Enugu bearing the name and logo of the Commission. The anti-graft agency, who disclosed this in a statement stated that the two Super 48 Sheet Billboards located at Otigba and…
The Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, May 16, 2022 arrested serving Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris. According to a statement released the Commission, Ahmed Idris was arrested in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80billion (Eighty Billion Naira) only.…
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 arrested thirty suspected internet fraudsters in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The suspects, comprising of twenty-eight males and two females were arrested at different locations in Ado-Ekiti based on credible intelligence obtained by the Command. They are Godspower Falodun, Omoniyi Pelumi, Victor Damilola, Akerele Olugbenga,…
A wire fraud suspect, Adedunmola Gbadegesin was on Tuesday April 26, 2022, extradited to the United States where he is wanted in a case of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The offence contravenes Title 18, US Code, Section 1349 and 1956 (h) and carries a maximum jail term of 20 years. His…
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Fidelis Poor, a member of a syndicate who allegedly connived to defraud a first Class Traditional Ruler in Kwara State, His Royal Highness Idris Sero Abubakar, to the tune of N33,399,999. Poor, 30, who hails from Stwue in Konshisha Local…
Debest Osarumwense, mother of Endurance Osarumwense, an internet fraudster a.k.a. ‘Yahoo boy was on Tuesday March 29, 2022, sentenced to five years imprisonment by Justice M. S. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City. Debest was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a one count charge for aiding her…
The EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Command on Monday, March 14, 2022, took over a metal barge, Kanye, a tugboat, MV BONNY RIVER, five (5) Crew members and a DAF truck with registration number JEG 206 XB, from the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder at Rumuolumeni in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The crew of Victor Elias,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Command, on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, secured the conviction of a former Minister of Water Resources in the administration former President Goodluck Jonathan, Sarah Ochekpe. Ochekpe was convicted along with two others, Evan Leo Sunday Jitong and Raymond Dabo, deputy director for Goodluck/Sambo 2015 election campaign…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has appealed to the public to embrace the Whistleblowing Policy of the Federal Government in exposing economic and financial crimes. He assured that the Policy is still very much in force, and whistle blowers have the opportunity for legitimate earning by exposing…