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EFCC Punishes Officer Behind Leaked Video Of Willie Obiano

22Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

EFCC Punishes Officer Behind Leaked Video Of Willie Obiano

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has meted out punishment on one of its officers responsible for recording and leaking a video of Ex-Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano in custody. Obiano trended on social media on Sunday after a video footage of him clad in shirts and shorts in an EFCC detention facility emerged online. Below is a statement from the commission sent to POLITICS NIGERIA on Monday, signed by its head of media and publicity, Wilson Uwujaren. See Also: EFCC Denies Obiano Bail, May Get Court Order To Hold Him "The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a trending video showing the former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano in the custody of the Commission." "The Commission wishes to distanc...

20Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Crime, News, Nigeria

EFCC Denies Obiano Bail, May Get Court Order To Hold Him

Immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, who was arrested on Thursday night at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, en route United States of America, has been denied administrative bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to EFCC sources, Obiano is being interrogated and detained over alleged embezzlement of funds during his eight-year tenure as governor. The source said that the anti-graft agency will keep Obiano in its Abuja office throughout the weekend, and may likely secure an order from a Magistrate Court to detain him for more days. See Also: EFCC Detectives Quiz Obiano Over ₦5b Sure-P, ₦37b Security Votes Spending The source said that Obiano was ferried to Abuja in the early hours of Friday from Lag...

EFCC Detectives Quiz Obiano Over ₦5b Sure-P, ₦37b Security Votes Spending

19Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

EFCC Detectives Quiz Obiano Over ₦5b Sure-P, ₦37b Security Votes Spending

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday moved ex-Governor Willy Obiano from Lagos to Abuja for quizzing over alleged N42 billion fraud. Obiano was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja on Thursday night a few hours after he handed over power to Prof. Charles Soludo in Awka, and subsequently lost his immunity from arrest. The former governor was said to be on his way to the United States where he was residing before his election eight years ago. He is alleged to have mismanaged his security vote while in office. Some of the funds were allegedly diverted to political activities. It was learnt that Obiano was moved to Abuja because the desk handling his case in the last two years is at the EFCC’s headquarters. A top source, who spoke in...

Obiano’s Arrest: CACOL Hails EFCC, Urges Them Not To Leave Any Stone Unturned

18Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

Obiano’s Arrest: CACOL Hails EFCC, Urges Them Not To Leave Any Stone Unturned

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, on Friday, hailed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for arresting former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos. Obiano was reportedly on his way out of the country to Houston, Texas in the United States after handing over to his successor, Governor Charles Soludo. It was reported last November that the EFCC had placed Obiano on a watchlist. The EFCC had requested the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to inform it anytime Obiano is travelling out of the country from any of the international airports, as well as other points of entry and exit. In a release issued by the organization’s Director of Administration and Programmes, Tola Oresanwo, on b...

EFCC Arrests Willie Obiano At Lagos Airport

18Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria, Press Statement

EFCC Arrests Willie Obiano At Lagos Airport

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday night arrested the former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport Lagos. He was arrested at about 8.30pm. This development is coming hours after Obiano handed over to Charles Soludo, who is the new governor of the state. See Also: EFCC: There Is Nothing To Hide, Your Drama is in Bad Taste – Anambra Govt He was on his way to Texas, USA when operatives intercepted him. It can also be recalled that his wife, Osodieme Ebelechukwu was in the news earlier today for fighting with Bianca Ojukwu, wife of former Biafran warlord, Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu. Obiano has been on the EFCC's radar for a while now over allegations of fraud and embezzlement. Source: Politics Nigeria

Osondu Victor Igwilo: US Reacts To Arrest Of Fraudster On FBI Wanted List

15Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

Osondu Victor Igwilo: US Reacts To Arrest Of Fraudster On FBI Wanted List

The United States Government through its mission in Nigeria has reacted to the arrest of a notorious fraudster, Osondu Victor Igwilo by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Igwilo was arrested by Operatives of the Anti-graft Commission on Thursday, March 11 after 4 years of being on the run. He was declared wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, over fraud related crimes in 2018. See Also: FBI Arrests 35 Nigerians In Scams Worth $117 Million A statement signed by the Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren on Monday read in part; :"Fifty-two year-old Igwilo, who is the alleged leader of a criminal network of “catchers’’ was arrested alongside Okafor Nnamdi Chris, Nwodu Uchenna Emmaunel and John Anazo Achukwu at a studio in the Sangotedo area ...

EFCC Returns Recovered Properties To Arthur Eze In Enugu

31Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Crime, Nigeria

EFCC Returns Recovered Properties To Arthur Eze In Enugu

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Command on Friday, January 28, 2022, returned eleven houses recovered in different parts of Enugu to Chief Arthur Eze. The properties were recovered by the EFCC from the duo of Olisaebuka Okechukwu Eze and Onyeka Nnadozie Eze, administration and finance manager respectively in Arthur Eze’s firm, accused of criminal breach of trust and diversion of funds belonging to the business mogul. Investigation established that the duo who are also nephew of Chief Eze, used proceeds of their alleged criminal activities to acquire choice properties in Enugu and other parts of South Eastern Nigeria. The Commission in the course of the investigation initiated a forfeiture proceedings against the two company officials before Justice I.M Bu...

Joseph Nwobike Beats EFCC At The Supreme Court, Gets Reinstated As SAN

20Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

Joseph Nwobike Beats EFCC At The Supreme Court, Gets Reinstated As SAN

The Supreme Court has upturned the conviction of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Joseph Agburuwhuo Nwobike. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arraigned him before a Lagos State High Court for the perversion of justice. The 18 counts bordered on attempting to pervert the course of justice, offering gratification to a public officer and giving false information to an EFCC official. He was convicted in 2018 on 12 of the counts by Justice Raliatu Adebiyi. Nwobike was subsequently stripped of his SAN title. See Also: EFCC Charges Kenneth Minimah, Others With ₦13 Billion Fraud Dissatisfied with his conviction, he appealed the matter but the Court of Appeal upheld the conviction. However, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola...

Kogi Government Sues EFCC, Demands ₦35 Billion In Damages

13Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

Kogi Government Sues EFCC, Demands ₦35 Billion In Damages

The Kogi State Government has finally dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to court over allegations that it fixed N19.3 billion bail-out funds received from the Federal Government. This came as Justice J. Majebi of a Kogi State High Court also granted an interim injunction restraining the EFCC from issuing further official or unofficial publications over the issue involving a new generation bank (namewithheld) with Account No. 0073572696 or any other account purportedly belonging to Kogi State Government. The Kogi State Government, Accountant-General of the State, Momoh Jibrin; and Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Asiwaju Mukadam Asiru, were claimants in the suit, while the EFCC, a new generation bank and Central Bank of Nigeria were listed as ...

Court Rules On Ex-Bayelsa Governor, Dickson’s Suit With Anti-graft Agency, EFCC Over Undeclared Assets

25Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, News, Nigeria

Court Rules On Ex-Bayelsa Governor, Dickson’s Suit With Anti-graft Agency, EFCC Over Undeclared Assets

A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has stopped the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from further investigating the former Governor of Bayelsa State and senator representing the West Senatorial district of the State, Senator Seriake Dickson, over alleged undeclared assets between 2007 and 2020. The presiding judge, Justice Isah H. Dashien, while ruling on a suit numbered FHC/CS/81/2021, filed against the EFCC by the Registered Trustees of the Seriake Dickson Incorporated and Senator Seriake Dickson, respectively, declared that the assets were acquired with loans when the former governor was a member of House of Representatives. The court ruled that Dickson should not be investigated any further, having declared his assets before the Code of Conduct ...