The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned the immediate past Minister of National Planning, Abubakar Sulaiman, before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Lagos on a 5-count charge of money laundering and fraud.
Justice Abdulaziz Anka of the Federal High Court Lagos has ordered Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, to temporarily forfeit the sum of N75 million in his Guaranty Trust Bank account to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The office of the Attorney General of the Federation, the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, are currently working together to review the Corruption charges against former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, who arrived Nigeria on Saturday after serving jail term in the United Kingdom for money laundering.
Shamsudeen Bala-Mohammed, Son of former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Bala Mohammed, has been granted a N100 million bail by the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has re-arraigned former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and former commander of the Joint Task Force, JTF’s Operation Pulo Shield, Emmanuel Atewe over N8.5 billion alleged fraud.
Justice John Tsoho of the federal high court, Abuja has ordered that Oil Prospecting License, OPL, 245, be temporarily forfeited to the federal government pending the conclusion of investigations into the $1.1 billion Malabu Oil deal scam.
