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EFCC Arrests Obi Cubana Over Alleged Money Laundering
Corruption, News, Nigeria

EFCC Arrests Obi Cubana Over Alleged Money Laundering

Popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The Anambra-born tycoon who arrived the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi Abuja at about noon on Monday November 1, 2021 is currently being interrogated by operatives of the Commission. Though allegations against the socialite were sketchy as of press time, a source disclosed that his case borders on alleged money laundering and tax fraud. See Also: Abdulrahim Dangana, Gay Predator Arrested For $8,420USD Scam In Kaduna Though many knew the name, Obi Cubana became a household name in Nigeria after the affluence that accompanied the burial of his mother earlier in the year. When contacted, spokesman of the Commission, Wilson Uwujaren said h...
Abdulrahim Dangana, Gay Predator Arrested For $8,420USD Scam In Kaduna
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Abdulrahim Dangana, Gay Predator Arrested For $8,420USD Scam In Kaduna

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on October 25, 2021 arraigned one Abdulrahim Dangana before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on one count charge that borders on obtaining by false pretense, IgbereTV reports. The defendant is an internet fraudster who preys on homosexuals online. It also stated that Abdulrahim registered on a Gay/Bisexual hook-up App called Grindr and A4A website, using the assumed names: RYAN, DAVE, FRANK and ERIC. The anti-graft agency said Abdulrahim employed the fake profiles to contrive romantic relationships with gay individuals and after establishing what appears to be a genuine relationship with his victims, he lures them into sending him nude pictures, which he eventually used to black...
Pandora Papers: EFCC Summons Peter Obi
Corruption, Nigeria

Pandora Papers: EFCC Summons Peter Obi

The former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, whose secret and illegal offshore activities PREMIUM TIMES reported in the ongoing Pandora Papers series, has been summoned for questioning by the EFCC, Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency. It is the first known action by any Nigerian law enforcement agency since PREMIUM TIMES started reporting influential Nigerians involved in offshore shenanigans exposed through the global Pandora Papers investigation. The presidency has directed that Nigerians exposed in the reports be investigated, those with knowledge of the directive have told this paper. PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the EFCC communicated the invitation to Mr Obi during the week and he has been asked to report at the agency’s Abuja headquarters on October 27 to face investigators. ...
Abdulazeez, Ganduje’s Son Flees To Egypt After Reporting His Mother To EFCC
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Abdulazeez, Ganduje’s Son Flees To Egypt After Reporting His Mother To EFCC

Abdulazeez Ganduje, the first son of the Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, has fled to Egypt with his family after exposing his mother’s alleged corruption. Mr Abdulazeez had dragged his mum, Hafsat Ganduje, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, for alleged corruption. The governor’s son had petitioned that he was approached by a property developer to help facilitate the acquisition of some plots of land in Kano with some hundreds of thousands of US dollars and at least 35 million Naira as “facilitation commission”. See Also: APC Using EFCC to Hound Opposition, Dissenting Voices – PDP “But three months later, (the property developer) discovered that the plots of land he wanted and had paid the first family for had been allocated to other buyers and he then re...
EFCC Arrests 3 Spiritualists For ₦16M Get-Rich-Quick Scam In Maiduguri
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EFCC Arrests 3 Spiritualists For ₦16M Get-Rich-Quick Scam In Maiduguri

Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a self-acclaimed spiritualist, Mohammed Ibrahim, and his accomplice, Ibrahim Abubakar for allegedly defrauding one Mohammed Gaji of the sum of N16, under the guise of conducting spiritual prayers to make him (Gaji) rich, IgbereTV reports. A statement released by Wilson Uwujaren, spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, says the suspects were arrested at Sabon Bolori, behind Chad Basin, Borno State, in the course of an investigation into a petition written against Mohammed Gaji, alleging that he misappropriated N22.2million given to him by the petitioner, Mohammed Alhaji Bukar to establish a cattle ranch business. See Also: EFCC Urges Banks To ‘Query’ Customers’ Sources Of Inco...
EFCC Urges Banks To ‘Query’ Customers’ Sources Of Income Before Opening Accounts
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EFCC Urges Banks To ‘Query’ Customers’ Sources Of Income Before Opening Accounts

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has urged banks in the country to investigate the sources of income of their potential customers before opening an account for them. Bawa gave the advice on Tuesday when the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria, (ACAEBIN), led by the Chairman, Yinka Tiamiyu paid him a courtesy visit at the Commission`s headquarters, Abuja. The EFCC implored the bank auditors to take issues of transparency in banking operations seriously, adding that starting from September 1, 2021 it will no longer be business as usual as the commission will hold banks liable where there are established cases of institutional complicity in fraud in the sector. He however, affirmed the commission’s willingnes...
EFCC Arrests Theodore Orji Over ₦48 Billion Security Votes
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EFCC Arrests Theodore Orji Over ₦48 Billion Security Votes

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken into custody a former Abia Governor, Sen. Theodore Orji and his son, Chinedu over alleged N48billion security votes. The two leaders are also expected to account for N2billion Ecological Fund and conversion of Sure-P funds. While the ex-Governor was intercepted at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja before boarding a flight, his son reported to the EFCC headquarters. According to a source, the ex-Governor, who has been on the Commission’s watch list, was intercepted at the Nnamdi International Airport, Abuja at about 1000 hours on Thursday and brought to the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja for the continuation of his interrogation. The source said: “He is being quizzed alongside his son, Chinedu, th...
Saraki Released After EFCC Interrogation – Spokesperson
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Saraki Released After EFCC Interrogation – Spokesperson

The spokesperson for former Senate President Bukola Saraki, has said his principal was invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to clarify some issues, noting that he was not detained but had returned to his family. Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki’s spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in reaction to reports that his boss was arrested. A social media aide to Saraki, Bamikole Omisore, had earlier denied that Saraki was in EFCC custody, claiming that the former Senate President was attending a wedding. In a subsequent statement, however, Saraki’s media office explained that indeed the former Senate President had gone to the EFCC office in Abuja but was only to clarify issues. The statement read in part, “The Media Office of Dr. Abubakar Bu...
Tinubu Is Under Investigation – EFCC Chairman, Bawa
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Tinubu Is Under Investigation – EFCC Chairman, Bawa

Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has hinted that the Commission is currently investigating Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bawa disclosed that the investigation would take time because it takes time. Speaking with ThisDay, the EFCC czar revealed that they have a request for Tinubu’s assets declaration form. According to Bawa: “You asked me a question earlier about arresting people before an investigation and now you are saying why didn’t we arrest Tinubu? Why didn’t you just say ‘arrest him’? See Also: EFCC: There Is Nothing To Hide, Your Drama is in Bad Taste – Anambra Govt “Investigation is ongoing. When you are investigating matters like this, they don’t end in a day. Thousands of i...
EFCC to Prioritise Corruption Prevention – Bawa
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EFCC to Prioritise Corruption Prevention – Bawa

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said the commission will prioritise measures aimed at preventing corruption to save the huge cost of prosecuting corruption cases. He said other measures undertaken by the agency included the re-launch of the inter-faith dialogue and instilling the culture of integrity among the youth. Bawa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in New York, the United States of America (U.S.A), that one of the best means to fight corruption in the country was for Nigerians to have attitudinal change. The EFCC boss said the commission was exploring Nigeria’s religious strength, adding that Nigerians are unarguably the most religious people on earth. He said the EFCC had, in 2012, launched the in...