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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), have arrested a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. It was learnt that Fani-Kayode was nabbed and subsequently taken to the Lagos Zonal Office of the anti-graft agency for alleged manipulation and forgery of documents. Spokesman of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed Fani-Kayode’s arrest to newsmen on the phone yesterday.
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For the second day, crack detectives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), yesterday grilled a popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, otherwise known as Obi Cubana. Detectives reportedly spent hours screening his account records, including domiciliary inflows. However, the anti-graft agency said Cubana was still in its custody as of 6.33 pm. A top source, who was privy to the ongoing investigation in the agency, said: “Cubana is still with us, our operatives have been grilling him”. The source said crack detectives spent hours to interrogate Cubana on…
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Armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), have reportedly visited the residence of Supreme Court Justice Mary Odili. According to the report, the operatives arrived at Mrs. Odili’s Abuja residence on Friday evening with apparent efforts to break in, sources told newsmen. The report said, the judge immediately and vehemently resisted the attempts to raid her residence by the operatives, saying she had no business with them. The EFCC is yet to make any official announcement regarding the alleged incident as of the time of filing this…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), says it will appeal the ruling by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court stopping the Commission from retrying a former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. Kalu was serving a 12-year jail term for N7.1 billion fraud when the Supreme Court, ruling on an appeal by his co-defendant, Ude Udeogu, on 8 May 2020, nullified the proceedings leading to their conviction. The Supreme Court had ordered a retrial at the Federal High Court. But Kalu who profited from the…
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…Moves to probe Kebbi, Osun, Ogun govs, Ag. NPA MD, Koko, others A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has been reportedly summoned for questioning by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), over his secret assets and financial deals exposed in Pandora Papers. Pandora Papers is the biggest leak of 11.9 million documents from off-shore services providers, detailing the secret off-shore accounts of 35 world leaders, including current and former presidents, prime ministers, and Heads of State as well as more than 100 billionaires, celebrities, and business leaders…
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Former governor of Kano State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, was interrogated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), for several hours yesterday over alleged non-remittance of N10 billion pensions fund. The fund was said to have been misappropriated during his tenure as governor between 2011 and 2015. The PDP chieftain, who was said to have previously shunned invitations from the anti-graft Commission, reportedly turned himself in at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja in the afternoon, where he was subjected to marathon questioning.…
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Kano State government has dismissed a report that Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s wife, Prof. Hafsat Ganduje, was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, also debunked the report as untrue. Several news outlets yesterday reported that she was arrested by the EFCC for some fraud. According to reports, her son, AbdulAzeez Ganduje, had leveled allegations relating to land fraud in a petition against her. The report claimed she was arrested for snubbing the EFCC’s invitation. A statement by the Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad…
Read MoreThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has arrested Hafsat Ganduje, wife of Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje over alleged land fraud. Hafsat was said to have been arrested in Abuja after her failure to respect the invitation of the EFCC on September 13, 2021 following a petition by her son Abdull-Azeez Ganduje who alleged his mother was involved in land fraud running into millions of naira. The Kano First Lady was said not to have honoured the anti graft agency’s invitation due to her trip to United Kingdom…
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Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has said that Lekki, the fast-developing upper middle-class area of the Lagos metropolis, is emerging as the new hub of Internet scammers. This was contained in an statement, on Friday, by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, titled, ‘Lekki, now a hotbed of cybercrime.’ The Commission said it arrested 402 suspected Internet fraudsters in Lekki between April and June 2021, noting that 64% of the suspects benefitted from dating scams to the tune of N8, 310,000; $349,290; £900; €10 and Cryptocurrency,…
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The Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, has ordered the freezing of the assets and funds to the tune of N19, 178, 253,050 belonging to a convicted former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche. The presiding Judge, Justice Lateefat Okunnu, gave the order on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on August 17, 2021. The funds, investigation showed, were domiciled in 24 different banks in Nigeria, including Citi Bank Limited; Ecobank Nigeria Limited;…
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