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CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsCourt Orders Further Detention of Okorocha Over N2.9bn Corruption Charges

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 30, 2022

ABUJA — The former Governor of Imo State and Presidential Aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Rochas Okorocha, appeared before a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, where he pleaded not guilty to the N2.9 billion corruption charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Embattled former governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha on Monday appeared before a Federal High Court in Abuja where he pleaded not guilty...

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CorruptionNewsPoliticsOkorocha Failed to Honor Invitation, EFCC Speaks On House Invasion of Former Governor

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 25, 2022

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has given the reason why its personnel laid siege in the Abuja residence of the former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, and arrested him on Tuesday. The anti-graft commission revealed that its action followed the refusal of the former governor to honor invitations after jumping the administrative bail earlier granted him by the Agency. The EFCC gave the explanation in a statement shared on its Facebook page...

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CorruptionNewsPoliticsEFCC Storms My Home With Gunmen, Breaks All Security Doors – Okorocha Says Before His Arrest

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 24, 2022

ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has finally arrested the former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, after lying a long siege to his residence in Maitama, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday. The officers of the anti-graft agency whisked away from the embattled Senator at exactly 06:48 pm in their vehicle after breaking into his living room. Minutes before his living room was broken, Okorocha came on a live...

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CorruptionNewsNigeria ElectionsMalami Denies Donating Distributing Vehicles To APC Delegates, Officials

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 4, 2022

Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has denied buying cars for the delegates of the ruling party, All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kebbi state ahead of the party’s governorship primaries. The West African Pilot News had reported that the Justice Minister gave out 200 exotic vehicles, which comprised 60 Toyota Prado SUVs, 65 Toyota RAV4 SUVs, 35 Mercedes Benz GLK 350 SUVs, and 40 Lexus LX SUVs, to party executives and delegates last Saturday....

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CorruptionLaw & JusticePoliceInmates In Kuje Correctional Centre Excited By The Presence of Kyari

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 31, 2022

ABUJA — The embattled former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has rejected food offered him by the Nigerian Correctional Service after being remanded in prison custody on Monday. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, it was learnt, opted for the food prepared by his wife or other family members. Kyari, who is under prosecution for drug trafficking alongside four other policemen, was denied bail by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The National...

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CorruptionLaw & JusticeCourt Dismisses Abba Kyari, Co-defendants’ Bail Request

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 28, 2022

ABUJA — The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday declined the bail request by Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police and former head of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT). The court similarly rejected the applications by his co-defendants, with whom he faces charges of illegal dealing in cocaine. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on March 7, arraigned Kyari and four members of the IRT along with two others on eight...

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CorruptionLaw & JusticePoliticsYou’ll Come Over To The Eagle’s Cell For A Sleep Over Even After Handing Over – EFCC Sends Message To Corrupt Nigerian Politicians

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 26, 2022

ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned corrupt Nigerian politicians to stay away from financial crimes or the long arm of the law will come for them. The stern and perhaps threatening message directed to corrupt politicians was sent via the agency’s official Twitter page on Friday. EFCC vowed to get hold of persons who spend public funds recklessly while in office, stressing that such persons will be forced to sleep...

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CorruptionLaw & JusticePoliticsOne Week After Detention, EFCC Releases Obiano, Seizes His Passport

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 25, 2022

ABUJA — Former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after spending one week in custody. Obiano was arrested hours after handing over to his successor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, last Thursday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on his way to the United States. On Wednesday, the anti-graft agency granted the former governor administrative bail, while waiting for him to fulfill his bail conditions. As...

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CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsEFCC Slams Ex-Governor Obiano Conditions For Bail

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 21, 2022

ABUJA — The former governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, is gradually edging towards being freed from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) custody. The former Governor was detained by EFCC shortly after handing over the reins of power to Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo last Thursday. He was arrested at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos while on his way out of the country to Houston, Texas in the United States. Vanguard reports...

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CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsBREAKING: EFCC Arrests Willie Obiano Who Has Been On Its Watch List for Months

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 17, 2022

LAGOS — The former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos on Thursday. Obiano, who just handed over to the new Governor of Anambra State, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has been on the anti-graft agency’s watch list for months. He was arrested at about 8:30 pm on Thursday while on his way out of the country to Houston, Texas...

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