by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The list of suspects wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has grown in number by 57 percent in the last a year. In January 2016, there were 37 people on the list, but the number has increased to 86 by March 2017, according to the records published on the EFCC website. The suspects include the likes of ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, more commonly known as Tompolo, and the former governor of Jigawa State, Ibrahim Saminu Turaki. Tompolo is wanted in a case of conspiracy, illegal diversion of the sum of N45 billion belonging to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), while Mr. Turaki is wanted in connection with a case of misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N36 Billion. Six of the suspects that have escaped arrest for more than one year are bankers. Bawa Thomas Momodu, ex-Sterling Bank Plc staff, is wanted in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy, stealing, forgery and money laundering. Mr. Momodu is alleged to have fraudulently stolen a total of N27 million from a customer’s account. Also, a former staff of Fidelity Bank Plc, Sapele branch, Delta State, Emeka Charles Ekekwe, is wanted for stealing N146 million. Others are Geraldine Karina Faikabuna of Diobu Microfinance, who was accused of stealing N52 million, and Godswill Oyegwa Uyoyou. Mr. Uyoyou, an IT staff of a bank, is alleged to have fraudulently connived with some scammers and hacked into his bank’s database in order to steal the sum of N6.28 billion. Meanwhile, Justice Simon Aboki of the State High Court sitting in Mararaba, Nasarawa...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismantled Boko Haram’s aggressive fundraising operations to finance its plans through kidnapping, armed robbery and gun-running. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, the DSS said it was questioning two suspects, Ibrahim Sule and Bello Shehu, who were arrested on March 13, at Nasarawa town in Kaduna State for alleged involvement in the kidnap of two Germans – Dr. Peter Breuning and Johannes Brehinger – at Pahkogo village in Kaduna State on February 22. According to the DSS, about 32 suspected members of Boko Haram, kidnapping and other criminal gangs were arrested in operations conducted in Ekiti, Bauchi, Yobe, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Kogi states between February and March. The statement said: “Determined to sustain the prevailing peace and stamp out all cases of kidnapping in various states where it is taking root, the Service staged vigorous operations, which recorded successes. “The duo of Ibrahim Sule and Bello Shehu were arrested on March 13, 2017 at Nasarawa town, Nasarawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State for their suspected involvement in the kidnap of two German nationals – Dr. Peter Breuning and Johannes Brehinger – on February 22, 2017 at Pahkogo, Kagarko LGA, Kaduna State. “On March 20, 2017, a suspected Boko Haram kingpin, Adenoyi Abdulsalam, was arrested in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State by a Joint Military/DSS operation team and an Ak-47 rifle was recovered from the suspect, who is presently undergoing investigation; Abdulsalam was in the final stages of kidnapping some high level targets in Ekiti, not only to raise funds but to terrorise communities in the State. “Prior to...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Lawal Babachir, said he would not honor the Senate’s invitation on Thursday over the handling of funds for North-East rehabilitation. This is because he has headed to the court to challenge the propriety of the invitation and is being investigated on the issue. An ad hoc Committee on Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East investigating allegations of misappropriation of funds for rehabilitation of the region had invited the SGF to a public hearing on the issue. The invitation was dated March 15 and it asked the SGF to appear on Thursday. The SGF was formally invited after his indictment by the committee at the first public hearing on the matter, for which the presidency had said that he (SGF) was not given fair hearing. In the letter to him, the committee had indicated that the essence of the second public hearing was another opportunity of fair hearing for stakeholders who refused to attend the first hearing. But, in a letter to the Chairman of the ad hoc committee, Sen. Shehu Sani, in Abuja on Wednesday, the SGF said that rather than attend the hearing, he was challenging the invitation at the court. The letter signed by the SGF read: “Your letter of invitation to appear before the above committee refers. “I wish to kindly request that you draw the attention of the other members of the committee that I will not be able to appear before the committee primarily because I have gone to court to challenge the invitation among others. “Please find attached the court documents.” The President...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Policemen at Isheri-Osun Division of the Lagos State command have arrested a suspected member of a robbery gang that invaded a building in Ijedodo area of the state at the weekend. The robbery gang was alleged to have raped a female victim in the building and abandoned the breadwinner, simply identified as Morris, in the pool of his blood to die. They also carted away the victims’ phones, cash, household appliances as well as foodstuff. It was gathered that the four man-robbery gang scaled the fence of the bungalow building and entered into the sitting room through the kitchen, spending close to three hours in the apartment. They forced Moris’s door open and immediately attacked him with a rod and a pestle until he passed out. Not done, they tied the victim’s hands and legs with strings and locked up his wife, two children and maid in another room. Suspected leader of the gang was said to have taken Morris’ sister-in-law to the toilet where she was raped and locked up. Thereafter, they went to the refrigerator, where they entertained themselves with some bottles of wine and soft drinks before they set out of the compound. Luck, however, ran out on them after one of the robbers, Joseph Nwadinobi, was apprehended by members of the vigilance group in the area. Speaking with The Guardian, the 24-year-old suspect, who claimed to be a trader at Alaba International Market, along Mile Two-Badagry Expressway, said he got only N2,000 from the loot. According to the Anambra State-born suspect, “I had a shop at Ikotun, which was burgled. In my quest...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The two Chinese nationals and Chinedu Madubuike, a Nigerian who was also involved in the scheme, are to deposit N10m with two sureties in like sum. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the two Chinese nationals, Taolung Shem, 36, and Xu Jimg Yao, 22, involved in a N5b tire fraud scheme to deposit their international passports and residence permits to the court registrar as part of their bail conditions. The two Chinese nationals and Chinedu Madubuike, a Nigerian who was also involved in the scheme, are to deposit N10m with two sureties in like sum. Justice Olatoregun added that the sureties must be within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court. The companies involved, Sino Nigeria Limited and Nedeca International Limited, were ordered to deposit N10m in bond. The defendants were arrested in Lagos by the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) monitoring and enforcement team for allegedly importing tires which did not meet Nigerian industrial standards In a five-count charge filed against the defendants by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the defendants were alleged to have conspired among themselves to import tires which did not meet the relevant Nigerian industrial standards through means of stuffing various sizes of tires into one. The defendants pleaded not guilty to the five-count charges. Justice Olatoregun adjourned to May 15 for the commencement of the trial. Yusuf Lawan, the prosecutor from the office of the AGF, informed the court that he would bring four witnesses to court to testify. Source: Sahara...
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