Tag Archives: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

“Peter Oguebie, managing director, Petrus Ogu Nigeria Limited, who is also a witness in the trial of a former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin, on Monday, May 22, 2017 told Justice A. S. Umar of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja that his company sold a property worth N600million to the former naval chief through ...

According to Nation Accord, Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar of Zamfara State, and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum has denied having any property in Lagos state. In a statement signed by Head of media & public affairs, Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat Abulrazque B. Barkindo and made available to NATIONAL ACCORD, the governor said the “report making the rounds in some ...

According to PM News, the owner of the Ikoyi home, Lagos, where $43.4m, N23.2m, £27,800 was discovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday has been revealed. The owner is none other than Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu, a former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). A source close to the EFCC told SaharaReporters that the building belongs ...

“A Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Justice Mohammed Idris wednesday convicted and sentenced an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yisa Olarenwaju Adedoyin, was convicted on the basis of a plea bargain he entered with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).”- This Day The plea bargain agreement was dated May 2, 2017. The judge ...

Premium Times says that a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Monday ordered temporary forfeiture of a 12-storey building belonging to a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator, Peter Nwaoboshi. The property located at 27 Marine Road, Apapa, is said to belong to Mr. Nwaoboshi who is senator representing Delta North Senatorial District. The court’s order was sequel to an ex-parte application, ...

According to The Guardian, a Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out a N100 million suit filed by Senator Musiliu Obanikoro and his family against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Obanikoro, his wife, Miroophat and his two sons, Gbolahan, Babajide and Fati, Babajide’s wife had sued the anti-graft agency for breach of their fundamental rights. They urged ...

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, a former Minister of State for Defence, has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the Federal High Court, Lagos over the seizure and detention of his property. According to The Guardian, The ex-minister and his family are seeking a court’s declaration that the forceful seizure of their personal effects constitutes a gross violation of ...

Operatives of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have raided the Abuja home of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, few hours after she was arrested in London. EFCC agents arrived Mrs. Alison-Madueke’s palatial home, located in the Asokoro district of Abuja, and sealed the property Friday evening. An Abuja resident, who witnessed the ...

The chairman of Nigeria’s corruption-fighting Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is appearing before the Senate to answer accusations that he diverted billions of dollars. Ibrahim Lamorde is responding to allegations that he and other commission officers diverted 1 trillion naira (about $15 billion) in recovered assets with the collusion of banks and real estate agents. A commission statement Tuesday said ...