Crime
EFCC Secures 865 Convictions, Receives 10,152 Petitions In 2020
EFCC Secures 865 Convictions, Receives 10,152 Petitions In 2020
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mohammed Umar Abba, revealed that the Commission secured 865 convictions from a total of 1,305 cases it filed in courts in 2020.
He said that a total of 7,340 cases were under investigation out of the 10,152 petitions received by the Commission.
The EFCC acting Chairman added that the Commission also recorded huge cash recoveries and seizure of a significant number of assets from persons indicted of corruption, following due legal process.
Abba, who made the disclosure in his end-of-year message, also thanked the staff of the Commission for their dedication, hard work and sacrifices in the discharge of their duties, which contributed to the feat recorded in 2020.
Describing the year under review as “unique for obvious reasons”, Abba further revealed that the Commission’s projections anchored on a strategic vision were greatly slowed down by the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to him, “The lockdown enforced as part of measures to stem the spread of the deadly virus precipitated a scale down of our operations.
“For more than five months, activities were at the lowest ebb in our 17-year history as an institution.
“Also, a reform process that witnessed a change in the leadership of the Commission naturally created anxiety among critical stakeholders.”
He, however, said that the Commission, in spite of the overwhelming odds, was still able to achieve significant milestones across the spectrum of its work.
Abba also expressed the desire to make the EFCC more effective through expansion of its activities, strengthening existing collaborations with other law enforcement agencies, building new linkages with relevant stakeholders and improving on its processes and procedures.
The EFCC boss, who reassured staff of management’s commitment to their welfare at all times in order to ensure greater performance, stated that “As a dynamic and responsive organisation, we will continually engage staff and review policies to motivate all for greater performance.
“ I am confident that we can face the future together.
“My faith is premised on our collective strength to uphold the oath which we took to rid Nigeria of corruption.
“No adversity can shake this faith, as we look to the future with renewed zeal, holding aloft the blazing flame of anti-corruption.“
He, therefore, also charged the staff to be more committed to the anti-graft campaign, adding that “if the EFCC fails, the fight against corruption in Nigeria is imperiled.”
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has said that the second in command of an outlawed Eastern Security Network (ESN) Commander, Ebube Virus, has been killed in a fierce gun battle.
The deceased suspect was on the Imo State Police Command’s wanted list due to his nefarious activities in the Aboh Mbaise area of the State.
The Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, disclosed this in a statement issued by the Police spokesman, Henry Okoye, on Tuesday.
According to the CP, “Following the confessions made by the suspected IPOB/ESN Terrorist allegedly involved in the killing of DPO Ahiazu Mbaise and other dastardly acts in the Mbaise axis, operatives of the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping squad led by CSP Oladimeji Odeyeyiwa on Monday 4th of December, 2023 stormed the criminal hideout of a deadly IPOB/ESN Terrorist Syndicate led by Ebube Virus and Ishaka, at Umuogu Amuzu in Aboh-Mbaise LGA of Imo State and dislodged the terrorists.
“In the process, a ferocious battle broke out between the terrorists and the combat-ready Police agents, neutralizing the Second in Command Ebube Virus, who is well-known on the Command’s wanted list due to their nefarious actions in the Mbaise axis. Others who had been shot at had escaped. From the neutralized terrorist, one AK-47 rifle with 19 rounds of live ammunition was found.
“An operation is underway to find additional fugitive suspects and bring them to justice.”
While praising the brave officers for their unwavering efforts in the fight against all violent crimes in the State, CP Danjuma affirmed the Command’s commitment to working with other security agencies with the aim of restoring peace in the state.
CP Danjuma called on Imo residents to support the Police and other sister security agencies with timely and actionable information that will assist in the crusade against terrorism in the state.
He encouraged owners of hospitals and first-aid outlets to report any person seen with or treating gunshot injuries to the nearest Police Station.
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The Chairmen and members of the Statutory Commissions dissolved on 30th October, 2023 by the Osun State government have filed multiple law suits challenging the dissolution.
In separate four law suits filed at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Ibadan and signed by their counsel, Muhydeen Adeoye Galadima Esq on 13th November, 2023, the Claimants, urged, among other reliefs, the court to nullify the dissolution and direct the Osun State to stop giving further effect to the purported constitution of the new Commissions.
The claimants also prayed the court ask the State government to pay damages in the sum of 500,000,000.00 to them in each suit.
The commissions are Osun State Judicial Service Commission, Osun State Independent Electoral Commission OSSIEC, Osun State Civil Service Commission and Osun State House of Assembly Service Commission.
Joined as Defendants in the suits are Governor of Osun State, Attorney General of Osun State, Commissioner for Finance Osun State and Osun State House of Assembly.
A federal high court in Osogbo on Tuesday has convicted five persons for defrauding the immediate past Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly the sum of thirty eight million naira (N38m) in 2018.
The defendants in the case, kazeem agbabiaka, Femi Oyebode, Babatunde Oluajo, Adebiyi Kehinde Oseni, Oyebanji Oyeniyi and Rasheed Ojonla were facing a 5-count charge before the court, bothering on conspiracy to defraud, obtaining under false pretence, public ridicule and cyber crime.
Delivering his judgement, justice Emmanuel Ayoola described the convicted as a web of syndicates who did not deserve to be in the society without a reform thereby sentencing the five of them who were found guilty and convicted to five years imprisonment each.
The 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th defendants, Kazeem Agbabiaka, Femi Oyebode, and Babatunde Oluajo respectively were convicted and sentenced to 5years imprisonment having been found guilty of the 1st and 2nd count charge.
He however discharged and acquitted the 7th defendant, Ismaila Azeez, on the count charge bothering on cyberbullying while Kehinde Oseni was found guilty of the same charge and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.
Recall that a video was released on social media where it was alleged that Timothy Owoeye was bathing with blood in the middle.
The video was said to have been released by one of the convits, Kehinde Oseni in an attempt to blackmail Owoeye after he was duped during his bid to become the Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly.
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