A detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Bishir Abba, on Thursday gave evidence in court on how Ugorji Ugochukwu Clinton, Obinanwa Vincent Abiodun and Kehinde Adewusi played different role in alledged fraudulent transfer of N20 million and e-mail hacking. The third prosecution witness testified before a Lagos State High Court judge, Justice Hakeem Oshodi while being led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Samuel .O. Daji. According to the witness, “On the 2nd of August, 2016 we received a petition along with the second and third defendants in our office, which was assigned to Cyber Crime Team B for discreet investigation…
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The former Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice today appeared before a Magistrate Court at Uxbridge in the United Kingdom in the charge of conspiracy of human trafficking for organ harvesting. The alleged victim according to the charge is a homeless 15 year old boy who was allegedly taken to the U.K. by Mr. and Mrs. Ekweremadu off the streets of Lagos Nigeria. Both of them denied the charge but were denied bail. Unconfirmed report however had it that the duo has a child that needs kidney transplant, but the couple did not follow due process in transporting…
The Lagos State Police Command have arrested the trio of Usman Mohammed, Azeez Adeleke and Solomon Odiya for alledged robbery. The three suspected robbers were arrested by officers of Alausa division while escaping with looted items. The suspects were arrested at about 2045hrs on Sunday, June 19, 2022 following a distress call received by the police about an ongoing robbery attack at Mobolaji Johnson Ikeja. Items recovered from the suspects include one Tecno mobile phone, one dagger and N5,400 cash. Confirming the incident, the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said preliminary investigations reveal that the suspects have previously operated…
An alleged fake lawyer was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, operatives at Justice Mojisola Dada Special offences Court, Ikeja on Wednesday. He allegedly came from Aladejobi and Aladejobi & Co., chamber. The alleged fake lawyer according to findings was said to have claimed to be a lawyer to one of the sureties to Ismaila Mustapha alias Mompha. He came to the court with a letter requesting for the court proceedings on behalf of his suerty. This was after the trial judge had given a ordered that Mompha be arrested for jumping bail. Thereafter, EFCC prosecution counsel…
Justice Mojisola Dada of a Special Offences Court, Ikeja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of embattled suspected internet fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha alias Mompha on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Ismaila Mustapha is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a 8-count charge bordering on the offences of conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of over N6billion, along with his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited. It will be recalled that Mompha and his company Ismalob Global Investment Limited was arrested on January 10, 2022 by EFCC, arraigned and granted bail. However, the defendant has…
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, is reacting to an allegation of filing charges with forged documents made by Mr. Lai Omotola as false. The reaction was contained in a statement by Mrs. Grace Alo, the Director Public Affairs of the Lagos State Ministry of Justice. Clarifying the issue published by some online media, not CASEFILE, the spokesperson of the agency described the allegation as false. Below is the unedited statement RESPONSE TO FALSE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED IN PRESS CONFERENCE OF ONE MR. LAI OMOTOLAOur attention has been drawn to several online publications, more particularly, a publication contained in the Punch…
The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi, has called for stiffer sentencing for human trafficking offenders and perpetrators of Sexual and Gender Based Violence, SGBV. Calling on judges across the country on Monday, the Director General urged them to ensure that sentencing should be commensurable with the magnitude of offences committed by human traffickers and perpetrators of SGBV. She said this in Abuja during a 2-Day Capacity Building Workshop of the National Association of Women Judges, NAWJN in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute, NJI. According to a statement by the agency’s Press…
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja has ordered one Fasasi Bola remanded at a Correctional Centre for alledged fraud. The defendant alongside Macmillan Nigerian Publishers Limited were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on an amended six-count charge bordering on obtaining goods by false pretence at their re-arraignment on Monday. According to the charge, “Macmillan Nigerian Publishers, Prof. Adesanya Iyiola Adelekan (now at large) and Fasasi Bola, sometimes in 2018 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, conspired amongst yourselves to obtain goods by false pretence, property of BHS book Printing SDN BHD of Selangor Malaysia.” Count one states that, “Macmillan Nigerian Publishers, Prof.…
The Capital Market Solicitors Association, CMSA, has announced the names of sponsors for its 2022 Annual Business Luncheon coming up in Lagos. REGISTER FOR THE LUNCHEON HERE: https://bit.ly/CMSA2022 The list released by the CMSA shows that Templars Law Firm and Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe are the Headline sponsors of the luncheon scheduled to hold on Thursday, 23 June, 2022 at Radisson Blu Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. Other categories of sponsorship are Platinum and Gold. Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, Pentagon Partners, Wigwe & Partners, and Aluko & Oyebode fall into the Platinum sponsors category, while Alliance Law Firm, Parthian Partners, NASD…
The Network of Reproductive Health Journalists Nigeria, NRHJN, Lagos State Chapter called on both public and private sectors to subsidize the price of sanitary pad for the poor, so it can be affordable for girls especially those from vulnerable, poor, low income homes and communities, even as free reusable sanitary pads were distributed to students on the Menstrual Hygiene Day. The advocacy is further calling on the government to tackle period poverty, promote health and wellbeing affecting the girl-child. The intervention coincides with marking the Menstrual Hygiene Day held on Wednesday June 15. According to the NRHJN Lagos State Chapter Coordinator, Ms. Kikelomo Oduyebo, the group has engaged about 100 students of…