Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has convicted and sentenced six internet fraudsters to six months imprisonment each for criminal impersonation, love scam and identity theft. The convicts are: Chibo Udoka (aka Zxoya Andric, Kelly Rose, Chimata Harry), John Inimfon Okpokpo (Grace Boar), Emediong Ekerete Bassey (aka Thiwe Ploka), Otu…
The trial of Ali Bello and Dauda Sulaiman before Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, continued on Monday, 15th July 2024, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presenting its seventh Prosecution Witness (PW7). The EFCC is prosecuting Ali Bello and Dauda Sulaiman on a 10-count charge bordering on money…
Justice Victoria Nwoye of the Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha has convicted and sentenced the duo of Ikechukwu Obiekwe and Ugo Chukwudi to prison for fraud. They were prosecuted by the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 10-count charges bordering on conspiracy, fraudulent conversion, stealing and retention…
…vows to deal with protesters The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sent a strong warning to promoters of a planned protest against the Commission. This was disclosed in a press release sighed by Dele Oyewale Head, Media & Publicity of EFCC, on Wednesday, 3rd July 2024. According to the statement, the planned protest…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had paraded 117 persons arrested on Thursday morning at the Regional Hotel in Iyana-Ishasi, Lagos. Converseer learned that operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC stormed the hotel in a sting operation, shooting sporadically as well as manhandled staff of the hotel. The incident was captured…
