Tag: EFCC

EFCC stops arbitrary seizure of suspects’ passports

Aminu Imam

…Reviews bail terms In line with international practices, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stopped arbitrary seizure of international passports of suspects under investigation. According to a statement by the Commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the EFCC directed its entire staff to exercise discretion in demanding suspects’ passports. The EFCC asked all its operatives to stop the blanket seizure of international passports of suspects and the imposition of difficult bail conditions. The Commission also said no more blanket arrest and detention of suspects. It also directed…

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Emefiele arrested by EFCC operatives after release from DSS custody – Sources

Aminu Imam

The embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), after being released by the Department of State Service (DSS), sources have said. Emefiele is being interrogated and there are indications that fresh charges will be filed against him, it was gathered. The former apex bank chief had been in the custody of the DSS since June after President Bola Tinubu handed him a suspension. He was thereafter asked to transfer his responsibilities to…

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New EFCC Chairman, Olukoyede orders staff to declare their assets

Aminu Imam

The newly appointed Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has ordered staff of the Commission to immediately declare their assets in line with civil service regulations and procedures. Spokesperson for the Commission, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, saying Olukoyede issued the directive during a meeting with the staff at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The EFCC chairman was quoted as saying: “All of us are going to declare our assets; from Level-17, downward. I did mine, so there’s no reason…

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Eligibility: Court OK’s suits seeking to sack new EFCC chairman, Olukoyede

Aminu Imam

The Federal High Court has Okayed two separate suits seeking to sack the newly appointed chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede. Both suits were brought before the court by legal practitioners, Stanley Okawara and Maxwell Opara. Whereas the first suit, marked: FHC/KN/CS/280/202, was lodged before the Division of the court in Kano State, the second suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1410/2023, is pending before the Abuja Division. Already, Justice Abdullahi Liman, of the Kano court, has fixed October 30 to hear a Motion on Notice seeking to restrain…

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Eligibility: Court Okays suits seeking to sack new EFCC chairman, Olukoyede

Aminu Imam

The Federal High Court has Okayed two separate suits seeking to sack the newly appointed chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede. Both suits were brought before the court by legal practitioners, Mr. Stanley Okawara and Maxwell Opara. Whereas the first suit, marked: FHC/KN/CS/280/202, was lodged before the Division of the court in Kano State, the second suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1410/2023, is pending before the Abuja Division. Already, Justice Abdullahi Liman, of the Kano court, has fixed October 30 to hear a motion on notice seeking to…

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“EFCC embarrassed me before 2023 polls” — Akpabio

Aminu Imam

…Says they treat ex-Govs. like Pablo Escobar  Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, says he has had his “fair share” of embarrassment from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). Akpabio stated this on Wednesday, when chair of the EFCC, appeared before the senate for screening. The Senate President said EFCC treats high profile suspects as though they are swooping on the notorious Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar, who was killed in the 1990s after a global manhunt spanning several years. According to the Senate President, in the build-up to the 2023…

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EFCC Chair, CBN Gov. Incarceration without Trail: Ex-Minister writes AGF on Gestapo manner of removal

Aminu Imam

Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has penned an open letter to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, concerning what he described as “violation” of the country’s laws by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Chidoka referenced the manner of recent removal of the leadership of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). He wondered if President Tinubu seeks the Attorney-General’s opinion in exercising his presidential powers. “The growing lawlessness and Gestapo tactics the government is deploying to…

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“Appointing EFCC, ICPC chairmen from same geo-political zone unlawful” – Falana

Aminu Imam

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, (SAN), has declared that the appointment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission chairmen from the same geo-political zone is unlawful and against the Federal Character Principle. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria made the declaration during a live appearance on a television programme yesterday. According to him, if the chairman of the EFCC is from the northern region, then the chairman of the ICPC should be appointed from the southern region. The recently appointed chairman of EFCC,…

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EFCC apprehends 80 illegal miners in Kwara

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

No fewer than 80 suspected illegal miners have been arrested by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) within the last 10 months. Michael Nzekwe, Zonal Commander, in charge of the zone, disclosed this on Tuesday in Ilorin, when he received on courtesy visit, Abdulquawiy Olododo, the Kwara Commissioner for Solid Minerals Development. Nzekwe narrated how intelligence had revealed the operation of illegal mining sites across the state and the efforts of the EFCC in checking the menace. According to him, this culminated in the…

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EFCC unfreezes bank accounts of Lagos Speaker, key Tinubu ally

Aminu Imam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has removed restrictions placed on bank accounts of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, a prominent ally of President Bola Tinubu. The move followed the refusal of the anti-graft agency to challenge an application to unfreeze the accounts moved by Obasa’s lawyers during a recent hearing of the alleged fraud the fraud instituted against the Lagos Speaker. Recall that in September 2020, the Federal High Court in Lagos froze the bank accounts of the Speaker, following an application…

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