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EFCC Intercepts N211m Worth of Gold at Lagos
Airport
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, have intercepted gold worth about N211 million being
illegally transported through the Murtala Mohammed International
Airport, Lagos en route Dubai.
Following intelligence report, the operatives on November 9,
2018 uncovered the gold weighing about 35kg just at the point of
departure of a suspect currently in the EFCC’s custody.
Investigations are currently ongoing to unravel his accomplice
behind the illegal movement of the goods. Meanwhile, the suspect is
cooperating with operatives.
It will be recalled that the EFCC also in March 2017 intercepted
bags containing a total of N49 million being illegally transported
out of the country through the Kaduna International Airport.
Tony Orilade
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity
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EFCC Re-arraigns Ex-Air Chief, Amosu, Others for N21bn
Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday,
November 13, 2018, re-arraigned a former Chief of Air Staff, Air
Marshall Adesina Amosu (retd.) and two others before Justice C. J.
Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on an
amended 13-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune
of N21bn.
Amosu is facing trial alongside Air Vice Marshal Jacob Bola
Adigun, a former Chief of Accounts and Budgeting, and Air Commodore
Gbadebo Owodunni, a former Director of Finance and Budgeting , for
alleged conspiracy and conversion of the funds belonging to the
Nigerian Air Force, NAF, to their personal use.
Counsel to the defendants had, at the last adjourned sitting on
November 6, 2018, argued that parties that are no longer part of
the amended charge should be withdrawn and acquitted before the
amended charge could be read to the defendants.
However, Justice Aneke, earlier in his ruling at today’s
sitting, dismissed an application by the defendants seeking to
dismiss and acquit the fourth to 11th defendants on the grounds
that their names were not included in the amended charge.
The Judge also ordered the defendants to take their pleas.
Based on the ruling of the Court, the prosecution counsel,
Nnemeka Omewa, told the court that the EFCC had a 13- count amended
charge, dated October 15, 2018 and prayed the court for the charge
to be read to the defendants.
One of the counts reads: “That you, Air Marshal Adesola Amosun
Nunayon (RTD) Air Vice Marshal Jacob Bola Adigun and Air Commodore
Gbadebo Owodunni Olugbenga, on or about the 5th day of March, 2014
in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court conspired
amongst yourselves to convert the total sum of
N21,467,634,707.43(Twenty One Billion, Four Hundred and sixty seven
Million, Six Hundred and Thirty Four Thousand, seven Hundred and
Seven Naira, forty three Kobo), property of the Nigerian Air Force
which you sum you reasonably ought to have known forms part of
proceeds of your unlawful activities to wit: criminal breach of
trust,and hereby Committed an offence contrary to section 18(a) of
the Money Laundering ( prohibition) Act, 2011( as amended) and
punishable under section 15(3) of the same Act.”
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against
them.
In view of their pleas, the prosecution counsel pleaded with the
court to allow him to present his first witness.
However, in his response, the defence counsel, Rotimi Oguneso,
prayed the court to allow his clients to continue to enjoy the
existing bail conditions granted them and to adjourn the matter to
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 for continuation of trial.
Justice Aneke, after listening to both counsels, granted the
defendants bail on the ealier conditions granted them and adjourned
the matter to November 14, 2018 for continuation of trial.
Tony Orilade
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity
13th November, 2018
Pension Fraud: EFCC Secures Interim Forfeiture of
N397m
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has
ordered the interim forfeiture to the Federal Government the sum of
N357,206,311.15, $91,955.38 (N33, 411, 987.32) and £15,050 (N7, 040
, 841.5) stashed in two commercial banks, and which are believed to
be proceeds of pension fraud.
The judge had on October 26, 2018 issued the order of interim
forfeiture for the monies domiciled in Zenith Bank and Skye Bank
(now Polaris Bank), following an ex-parte summons by the EFCC dated
October 3, 2018 and filed on October 5, 2018. The EFCC had in the
course of investigating a pension fraud case, traced to the monies
to the accounts of Tahir Yusuf and Bitmas Enterprises.
The judge has also directed that the Commission publish the
notice of the order in any national daily newspaper and on the
EFCC’s website.
Justice Ojukwu held that: “Any such persons or bodies, who may
be affected by this order is at liberty within 14 days of the said
publication to apply for a Motion on Notice to the Court on such
justifiable grounds, to show cause why a final order of forfeiture
should not be made.”
The matter has been fixed for November 28, 2018 for
“report/hearing of order show cause”.
Tony Orilade
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity