Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

Wike’s Government Battles EFCC Over N118b Fraud Claim

Wike’s Government Battles EFCC Over ₦118b Fraud Claim

May 25, 2020 5:29 am
The Rivers State government has cautioned anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against overstepping its bounds on issues concerning the State.

A report published by a national daily, titled; “How Rivers officials withdrew ₦118b in cash – EFCC”, had revealed details of an ongoing investigation by the EFCC.

According to the report, “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is requesting, for its interrogation, the release of three officials of the Rivers State Government, who are implicated in the alleged illegal withdrawal of N118billion public funds.

Read Also: Two Chinese Arrested For Offering ₦100m Bribe To EFCC

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Orji Kalu Deserves EFCC Apology Not Retrial – Enugu APC

Orji Kalu Deserves EFCC Apology Not Retrial – Enugu APC

May 9, 2020 2:20 pm

The Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to tender an apology to Senator Orji Uzor Kalu.

Africa Daily News reports that Kalu who had been in prison custody following conviction by a High Court has now been set free by the apex court in the land.

Reacting to the development, the Chairman of the Party in the State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, said the former Abia Governor “deserves an apology from EFCC not a re-prosecution.”

Read Also: Orji Kalu’s Hinsmen Hail Supreme Court’s Judgment

While describing Kalu as “our

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We Are Set For Immediate Retrial Of Orji Kalu – EFCC

We Are Set For Immediate Retrial Of Orji Kalu – EFCC

May 8, 2020 3:46 pm

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday said it was ready for immediate retrial of former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu.

The Supreme Court had earlier in the day nullified the trial of Kalu and ordered a retrial.

But the EFCC, in a statement  said its attention had been drawn to the judgment of the Supreme Court nullifying the trial of Kalu , his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited and Jones Udeogu, a former Director of Finance and Account of Abia State Government and ordering their fresh trial at the lower court.

Read Also: How Kalu, Adoke Spent

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US Senator Vs EFCC On Abacha's $300m Loot

US Senator Vs EFCC On Abacha’s $300m Loot

April 28, 2020 12:58 pm

Following controversies over the recently-recovered Abacha loot, Ikenna Anyanwu examines the legal implications of the war of words between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and American Senator.

Some senior Nigerian lawyers have weighed-in on the recent altercation between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and a prominent United States of America (USA) Senator, Charles Grassley, who is the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. They expressed serious concerns at the exchanges of words in strong language between the duo.

Grassley reportedly wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery …

EFCC Replies U.S. Senator Trying To Block Abacha's Loot

EFCC Replies U.S. Senator Trying To Block Abacha’s Loot

April 10, 2020 1:01 pm

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has debunked the allegation against the acting chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu by the chairman of the US Senate Committee on Finance, Charles E. Grassley.

Grassley, the 86 year-old Republican Senator, on 1 April wrote the US Department of Justice calling for the delay in the repatriation of the $300 million Abacha loot to Nigeria.

The Senator called for the delay amidst what he called the increasing concerns over levels of corruption and human rights violations by the Nigerian government, including the persecution of Christians, and detention of human rights activist Omoyele …

Witnesses From SGF Office Frustrating Case Against Lawal

Witnesses From SGF Office Frustrating Case Against Lawal

March 11, 2020 8:08 am
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the ongoing trial of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, is being frustrated by witnesses from the SGF’s office.

Lawal is facing trial alongside six others in an alleged N544million grass-cutting scandal in an FCT High Court, NAN reports.

Others indicted are Hamidu Lawal, who is a director of Rholavision Engineering Limited, an employee of the company, Sulaiman Abubakar and the Managing Director of Josmon Technologies Limited, Apeh John Monday.

The EFCC counsel, Ofem Uket, protested at the court after leading Aminu Muhammed, a Principal Procurement Officer

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Corruption Caused ‘Coronaviruses’ – Magu Strongly Insists

February 26, 2020 12:52 pm

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, has insisted that Coronavirus was caused by corruption.

The killer diseases has hit 40 countries and killed nearly 3,000 people since it broke out mid-December 2019 in Wuhan, China.

Magu, who pluralized the disease by calling it ‘Coronaviruses’, insisted that it “was created by a corrupt mind”.

“Somebody sat down in the laboratory and created it to infect and destroy other people”, he said at the commission’s office in Abuja.

His comments came a few days after the EFCC attacked the media for publishing what Magu said in

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₦30.2b Fraud: EFCC Re-Arraigns Jang, Yusuf

February 25, 2020 5:01 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has re-arraigned the former Plateau State governor, Senator Jonah David Jang on amended 17-count charge over alleged ₦30.2bn criminal breach of trust and fraud.

Also, arraigned alongside Jang for the whooping sum of money belonging to the state was a former cashier in the Office Secretary to the State Government (OSSG), Yusuf Pam.

The duo, DAILY POST learnt, were made to reappear before Justice C. L. Dabup of a High court sitting in Jos, capital of Plateau State.

Acting spokesman of the prosecuting anti-graft agency, EFCC, Tony Orilade said this in a statement

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Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu

Magu Blasted For Saying Coronavirus Caused By Corruption

February 19, 2020 10:42 am

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has come under attack for saying he strongly believes coronavirus is caused by corruption.

Magu had at the passing out parade of 281 cadets of the EFCC Detective Inspector Course-5, at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, on Tuesday said that Corruption is the biggest tragedy to humankind.

He was quoted as saying, “And I strongly believe that even the coronavirus is caused by corruption,”

Coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, broke out in Wuhan China in December 2019.

The disease which has infected over 1500 medical workers in China

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EFCC Arraigns Sterling Bank Staff For Stealing ₦2.7m

February 19, 2020 10:39 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, Wednesday arraigned an ex-banker, Akinwole Oluwaseun Dosunmu, alongside his wife, Motunrayo Olanike Dosunmu for allegedly stealing ₦2.7m from Sterling bank PLC.

The duo were brought before Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan.

EFFC acting spokesman, Tony Orilade who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja further explained that the couple was accused of stealing the said sum from Sterling Bank Plc.

Akinwole reportedly was an employee of the bank, while his wife was a customer and a beneficiary in the bank’s Third Party Acquirer Scheme.

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Imam with journalists and EFCC head of publicity, Wilson Uwujaren in Port Harcourt on Wednesday

Port Harcourt Cell: EFCC Declares Twitter Blogger Wanted

February 14, 2020 4:56 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has vowed to apprehend the @TheRealdayne, the promoter of a report in the social media, claiming its Port Harcourt holding facility is overcrowded and alleging mistreatment of detainees.

Head of the Port Harcourt Zonal office, Usman Imam, at a media briefing today dismissed the report as fake news. It was the second time the agency would debunk the report which went viral.

According to him, “the picture of detainees crammed into an open air cell purported to belong to the EFCC Zonal office in Port Harcourt is fake. The images are strange to …

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EFCC Nabs Okpala, Okpalaeze, Petro Gas For £2.5bn Fraud

February 13, 2020 1:46 pm

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arraigned Abayomi Kukoyi, Prince Okpala, and Prince Okpalaeze alongside a company, Petro Union & Gas Company Limited, before Justice Mohammad Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.

They were arraigned on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence, attempt to steal and forgery to the tune of £2,556,000,000.00

One of the counts reads:

“That you, Petro Union Oil and Gas Company Limited, Prince Isaac Okpala (now deceased), Abayomi Kukoyi, Prince Kingsley Okpala, Prince Chidi Okpalaeze, Prince Emmanuel Okpalaeze and Princess Gladys Okpalaeze (now at large),

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