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Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, on Thursday, narrated how overzealous operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the anti-graft agency’s headquarters in Abuja allegedly assaulted a citizen. According to the Managing Partner of Law Corridor, he was at the EFCC office on Wednesday alongside a citizen who came from Benue and whom […]
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A High Court sitting in Kano State on Tuesday issued an interim order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, and others anti-graft agencies from interrogating the Chairman, Kano Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado. Rimin-Gado secured the court injunction to restrict further meddling into […]
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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, on Sunday demanded the immediate release of the detained Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa. Falana in a statement issued in Lagos, said the remand order for Bawa had expired hence the Department of State Services had no legal grounds to continue to detain him. […]
Continue ReadingThe suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has refused to hire a legal representative despite being confined in the custody of the Department of State Services for exactly 67 days since June 14, 2023, according to Sunday PUNCH. Bawa, who is currently being held in the custody of the DSS, […]
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Operatives of the EFCC arrested 52 suspected internet fraudsters in Abraka, a university town in Delta State on Tuesday. Its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, stated in Abuja that the suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence reports linking them with internet-related fraud. He added that items recovered from the suspects included five Lexus RX350 vehicles, one […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released former Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom after grilling him for over nine hours in their Makurdi zonal office. It was gathered that Ortom is being questioned for alleged financial misappropriation during his tenure. Many of the ex-governor’s former aides, including Abraham Kwaghngu and Terver Akase, were […]
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Assistant Inspector General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu (retd), on Wednesday, debunked the claim that he had been appointed as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. It was gathered that news indicating that the President, Bola Tinubu, had appointed Odumosu to chair the anti-graft agency circulated across various media platforms late Tuesday. However, […]
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The former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, is currently in the Makurdi custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, following an invitation. Ortom arrived at the Makurdi zonal office of the anti-graft agency, located at Alor Gordon Street, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered that the former governor was invited to […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has summoned the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to appear before the commission. The anti-graft agency had also questioned officials of the Nigerian Air over the recent launch of the airline in Abuja. It was gathered that while the minister was due to appear before the commission […]
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President Bola Tinubu, in suspending the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa on Wednesday ordered him to handover to the Director of Operations in the commission, Mohammed Umar Abba. Who is Mohammed Umar Abba? Below are key facts about him. 1. Abba was born on June 22, 1965 in Tudunwada Local Government […]
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