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Tag: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

  • EFCC Picks up Oluomo at Lagos Airport

    EFCC Picks up Oluomo at Lagos Airport

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo at the Muritala Muhammad Airport, Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that Oluomo was arrested over allegations bordering on financial crimes. A staff member at the assembly who pleaded anonymity said the speaker was picked up this morning…

  • Two Convicted for Cybercrime, another Remanded in Oyo

    The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, July 14, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of the duo of Ogunlana Charles Tolulope and Amoo Emmanuel Abiodun on a separate one-count charge before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan, and Justice Bayo Taiwo of…

  • Retiree Bags Jail Term for Perjury

    Justice Mojisola Dada of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has sentenced a retiree from the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation, Charles Aiyeyi, to one year imprisonment. Charles Aiyeyi was convicted for charges bordering on conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and making false statement to a public officer…

  • MAPOLY Student Bags Seven Months Jail Term for Impersonation

    The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of a 24-year-old student of Computer Science at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Adebowale Babatunde Ismail, to seven months imprisonment before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State for the offence…

  • Checking High Rate of Crime Among Youths

    The crime rate in the country remains worrisome, moreover, the concern is heightened by the growing involvement of youths and teenagers. Early this month, two teens in Bayelsa State were caught while allegedly attempting to use a 14-year-old girl for money rituals. This no doubt is an indication of the worsening fall in moral values in…

  • EFCC Arrests Ibadan Socialite for Fraud

    Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Ajayi Oluwabukola Temitope, for allegedly obtaining money to the tune of N24, 955, 000. 00 (Twenty Four Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty-Five Thousand Naira) by false pretence. The 42-year-old Ibadan socialite was arrested following a series of petitions in which the suspect who claims to be a registered dealer with…

  • EFCC Secures Thirteen Convictions in Ibadan, Osogbo

    The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured thirteen convictions before different Justices of the Federal and State High Courts in Ibadan and Osogbo, the capital cities of Oyo and Osun States. The convicts are Abiodun Babatunde Sowunmi, Adeyemi Babatunde Hammed, Abeeb Abiola Badmus, Adebayo Akorede Saheed, Ganiyu Qudus…

  • Court Convicts Seven for Cyber-Fraud in Ibadan

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command, on November 15, 2021, secured the conviction of seven internet fraudsters before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Ogun State. The convicts are Williams Ikechukwu Williams, Aizoba Opeyemi Stephen, Damilare Godwin Asore, Basit Oladeji Bamidele, Babajide Oluwapelumi Bolaji, Abayomi Stephen…

  • EFCC Boss Bawa Slumps, Rushed Out of Presidential Villa

    Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Thursday slumped at a programme at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mr. Bawa was speaking on the importance of digital identification in commemoration of the National Identity Day when he suddenly became emotional, attributing his demeanour to the death of a staff of…

  • 34 Internet Fraudsters Land in EFCC’s Net

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 34 suspected internet fraudsters, also known as Yahoo Yahoo Boys. They were apprehended in separate operations in Ibadan, Oyo State and Lagos. Twenty four of the suspects, most of whom claimed to be undergraduates, were rounded up on Thursday April 1, 2021 at their hideout in Apete…

  • EFCC Closes Case against Former Lagos Speaker

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has closed case in the N500m laundering trial of former Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji. The agency closed its case after presenting 2nd witness to testify against the Speaker and his former Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi, on 54 counts amended charge Ikuforiji and Atoyebi are…

  • EFCC Secures Conviction of Students for Fraudulent Impersonation

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 secured the conviction of Opeyemi Olasumbo Folarin and Ogunseye Ajibola Olamilekan before Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan for Fraudulent Impersonation.  Folarin, who claims to be a 27-year-old Higher National Diploma student of The Ibadan Polytechnic and Ogunseye,…

  • 26-Year-Old Gets Jail Term Over Impersonation

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, secured the conviction of one Oluwatobi Damilola Aina before Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State. The 26-year-old who claimed to be a fashion enthusiast, was arrested on September 29, 2020, when the…

  • EFCC Arrests Eight for Alleged Internet Fraud

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Ibadan Zonal Office has arrested eight men suspected to be internet fraudsters in Osogbo, Osun State. The suspects Akinrinmade Adepoju Sunday and his brother Akinrinmade Adeniyi were arrested in their room and parlor apartment in Osogbo. Others were arrested during an early morning raid on their hideout at Ayegbami area…

  • EFCC Arrests Eleven Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Osogbo

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office has arrested eleven suspected internet fraudsters in Osogbo, the Osun State Capital.  Acting on intelligence, operatives of the commission swooped on their hideouts in the Osun State capital where they picked all the eleven.  The commission impounded twelve cars which included three Toyota Highlander SUVs,…

  • Man Docked For Falsely Declaring Self Dead

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has dragged one Ajari Oghenekewe before a Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo, Osun State for presenting self’s fake death certificate to escape justice.  The commission’s prosecutor, Mr Muritala Usman, told the court that the defendant on February 17, 2020, with intention to deceive the EFCC, presented a…

  • EFCC Arraigns Three for N83,500,000 Loan Fraud

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office on Wednesday, arraigned the trio of Adegoke Johnson Adebayo, Ayodele Elijah Olubunmi Sunday and Adelowo Waheed Adewole, before Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan for Eighty-Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand loan fraud.  The suspects, who are staff of Osun State Environmental…

  • Court Jails Businessman for Stealing N9m

    Justice Mojisola Dada of a Special Offences Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a businessman, Alh. Gbadamosi Sikiru Olarenwaju to two years imprisonment over stealing of N9m. The judge handed down the verdict after the convict pleaded guilty to one count charge of obtaining money by false pretence. Also, the court noted in his…

  • Court Dismisses EFCC’s Appeal against Jonathan’s Cousin, Wife

    The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against the acquittal of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Mr Aziboala Roberts and his wife. Delivering judgement on the appeal filed by the EFCC, Justice Stephen Adah held that the appeal was lacking in merit. The judge…

  • Abeokuta Court Jails Fraudster, Forfeits Assets

    Justice Ibrahim Watilat of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State has sentenced one Festus Gbenga Ajayi, to one-year imprisonment for internet fraud. The convict was prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on one-count charge of criminal impersonation, having been arrested on October, 2019 in a raid…

  • Acting EFCC Chairman, Magu, Released From Detention

    The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Ibrahim Magu has been released from detention. He was suspended and led in the custody of the Force Criminal and Intelligence Department FCID of the Nigeria police. Mr. Magu spent ten days in custody after he was arrested on the 6th of July…

  • I will not be distracted by campaigns of calumny – VP Osinbajo

    The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo says he will not be distracted by campaigns of calumny against his person. He stated this in a Press Release by the Senior Special Assistant to the on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande.                     Text of the Press Statement  Vp Osinbajo will not be Distracted by Campaigns of Lies,…

  • 16 Internet Fraudsters Bags Jail Term in Abeokuta

    A Federal High Court in Abeokuta has sentenced sixteen internet fraudsters also known as yahoo boys to different jail terms. A statement by the spokesman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewole made available to newsmen in Abeokuta explained that Justice Mohammed Abubakar who presided over the court convicted the sixteen accused…

  • Oyo Permanent Secretary Docked for Alleged Fraud

    The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a Permanent Secretary in the Oyo State Ministry of Agriculture, Alhaji Rasaq Kolawole, for allegedly defrauding one Ibikunle Alonge of N4,400.000 (Four Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira). Kolawole was arraigned before Justice Aderonke Aderemi of the Oyo State High Court on…