Tag: EFCC

Ahead of May 29, EFCC launches mass probes of governors, deputies

Aminu Imam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly launched a mass investigation of 28 governors and their deputies ahead of their handover on May 29. The governors under investigation are those who shall lose constitutional immunity from being prosecuted in a few days’ time. According to reports, a memo indicated that the anti-graft agency is after at least 28 governors and their deputies among the 36 we have in Nigeria. Eighteen of the 28 governors under investigation will be leaving the office in the next couple of days At…

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Alleged 700bn fraud: Anti-Corruption group petitions EFCC, ICPC, seeks fresh probe of Akpabio

Aminu Imam

An anti-corruption group, under the auspices of the Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT), has called on the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to look into allegations of financial misconduct and money laundering of N700 billion by Godswill Akpabio. NACAT Executive Director, Samson Tega, and Operational Manager, Stanley Ugagbe, made the appeal in a statement that also cited an audit report of the Akwa Ibom State government account for the period of 2011 to 2015. The group said it embarked on a…

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Alleged N22bn Fraud: EFCC arrests ex-power minister, Sale Mamman

Aminu Imam

Former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with an alleged N22 billion fraud. According to sources, Mamman, who was minister under President Muhammadu Buhari from 2019 to 2021, was arrested in the early hours of yesterday, and is being detained at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency in Abuja. The arrest is connected to investigations into alleged corruption in the execution of some power projects. Mamman is accused of conspiring with staff of the ministry in charge…

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NNPC Severance Package: EFCC drops probe against Kyari, Ajiya

Aminu Imam

There were indications that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have closed investigations into the alleged unlawful payment of severance benefits to the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) Mele Kyari and the Chief Financial Officer of the company, Umar Ajiya. Recall that the national oil giant had invited the anti-corruption agency to investigate the authenticity of the claims with a view to ascertaining the veracity of the allegations. According to a top NNPC official, who spoke to newsmen on condition of…

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Alleged N4.6bn fraud: EFCC to begin fresh proceedings against Fani-Kayode, others

Aminu Imam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will commence fresh the prosecution of Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, and three others at the Federal High Court, Abuja on alleged misappropriation of N4.6bn and money laundering. Counsel for the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, on Tuesday, told Justice Daniel Osiagor, of the Federal High Court in Lagos, that this move became necessary following last weeks judgement of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, which quashed the charges. According to Oyedepo, in view of the judgement of the Court of Appeal, all…

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I wont run from EFCC after handover, Says Wike

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, says he wont leave office on May 29, 2023 to run away from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The governor, who stated this yesterday, at the commissioning of Rumuigbo Internal Road Network in the Obio/Akpor local government area in the State, said he has nothing to fear if the anti-graft agency comes to probe his administration. Wike, whose eight-year two-term will end on May 29, 2023, directed his successor and Rivers State Governor-Elect, Siminlalayi Fubara, to show EFCC his many accomplished projects in…

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“Well commence prosecution of corrupt govs after May 29” EFCC

Aminu Imam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will go after some outgoing governors and other public officials after May 29. EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, made this known on Thursday, in an interview with a national daily newspaper at the headquarters of the Commission. He stated that more arrests would be made immediately after May 29. He, however, did not disclose names or the number of public officials that would be brought under the law. Governors are among public officials that enjoy immunity and therefore cannot be arrested or…

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2023 Election: EFCC accuse politicians of planning to buy votes in kind

Aminu Imam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has accused some desperate politicians of trying to buy votes in the coming elections in kind and not with cash. Abdulrasheed Bawa, the chairman of the EFCC, said Wednesday that the Commission had gathered intelligence about the plans of these politicians, who would stop at nothing to cajole vulnerable voters into selling their votes. Bawa made this disclosure during an interview on Channels Televisions The 2023 Verdict programme amidst the ongoing naira note scarcity troubling Nigerians. We have intel that a lot of…

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EFCC denies raiding Tinubus Lagos residence

Aminu Imam

…Says it is fake news The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has denied raising the residence of the Presidential Candidate All Progressives Congress, (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In an issued statement yesterday, the Commission described reports of the raid as false. The statement read: The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has been drawn to a report circulating in the social media, claiming that operatives of the Commission raided the home of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in the forthcoming…

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Court vacates interim forfeiture order against Ekweremadus seized property

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, set aside the November 4, 2022 interim forfeiture order on 40 landed property linked to Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, said he had found that the application for forfeiture filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was not brought in good faith and ought to be struck out. Justice Ekwo further held that the EFCC failed to disclose material facts on out the matter. He said though the anti-graft agency knew the predicament of Ekweremadu and his…

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