[PHOTOS] Diezani’s Billionaire Ally, Jide Omokore Arraigned By EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today, arraigned Jide Omokore, an oil magnate and ally of Former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison- Madueke, at the Federal High Court Abuja on money laundering charges.

He was arraigned alongside Andrew Yakubu, a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC before Justice Binta Nyako on four counts of Money Laundering.

Other defendants to the charge are: Victor Briggs, Abiye Membere, David Mbanefo, Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Limited.

They pleaded not guilty.

Stella Oduah Reacts To Allegations That She Stashed N2.5bn In Her Housemaid’s Account

stella Oduah

Former minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, has reacted to reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was on her trail for allegedly stashing nearly N2.5 billion in a bank account she set up using the identity of her domestic aide.

Oduah who said on Monday that she received the reports while relaxing in her country home in Anambra State, challenged those who published the allegations to publish proofs that substantiate her guilt.

In a statement, signed by Francisca Onyeisi, head of communications, the former minister said that if the reports were true, she would have been arrested long before now, especially at a time when the EFCC is “freezing accounts and going after opposition governors who enjoy same level of immunity as the president.”

Oduah, urged his supporters and the general public to ignore the reports, saying she had “made a mark in oil and gas and Agricultural businesses before joining politics.”

Sahara Reporters, had on Sunday reported EFCC sources as revealing to it how Oduah used the name and pictures of the unnamed maid to set up the account.

Sahara Reporters quoted one of the EFCC source as saying, “Senator Oduah apparently opened the account with her housemaid’s name, image, and details without the housemaid knowing about it”.

The said account, the report claims, was still active as at last week.

Oduah was removed from office in February 2014 after she was found to have received armoured BMW cars, worth N255million, from an agency she supervised.

EFCC Traces Illegal Transfer Of N216m From CBN To Fake Account

THE Economic and Financial and Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently investigating the successful transfer of N216.66 million by a syndicate from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) account of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) into an illegal account opened in the name of a company using the Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos branch of a new generation bank.

In addition to probing the account, EFCC will also investigate the role of the Police High Command in the matter.

According to reports, the real owner of the Ibadan based company, Citadel Concepts Limited, whose company name was used to open the illegal account, sent a petition to the Police which was treated lightly before he forwarded a petition to the office of Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo who directed EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, to look into the matter.

A source at the commission confirmed that several people connected with the opening and operation of the account have been interrogated, even though investigation is ongoing.

Another source said many officials of these organisations were quizzed while forensic analysis of specimen of signatures used in opening the account has been carried out.

The role of the police in an earlier petition to the office of the Inspector General of Police is also under scrutiny as a result of allegations made against the police in the cause of investigations by the commission.

For instance, part of the document submitted to the EFFC for investigation was to unravel why the police declined requests for the release of the case file to the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution and the trial of the petitioner for false information under the penal code.

The anti graft agency would also unravel how far the police has gone in the arrest and interrogation of some highly placed people mentioned in the petition sent to it.
(Daily Sun)

N4.9bn Fraud: Court Grants Fani-Kayode, Nenadi Usman N250m Bail

Federal High Court in Lagos has granted bail in the sum of N250m to former spokesperson of the PDP Presidential campaign organization, Femi Fani-Kayode.

Fani-Kayode, who is being tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for an alleged fraud of N4.9bn, was granted bail by Justice Muslim Hassam.

Former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman and one Danjuma Yusuf were also granted bail in like sum

Part of the bail conditions requires them to provide two sureties in like sum and they must be land property owners.

The judge also ordered them to deposit their passport in the custody of the court pending the outcome of the case and ruled that sureties must present evidence of tax clearance in the state.

Vanguard’s report saved us from shame —Detained mother of triplets

By Esther Onyegbula


                              Mother (left) and the surviving babies
 LAGOS—Mrs Gloria Okore,  the woman detained for seven weeks by Bessylva Hospital and Maternity Home, Agege, following her inability to settle a debt of N35,000 after being delivered of triplets, has thanked Nigerians for coming to her rescue by paying the outstanding bills. Mother (left) and the surviving babies. She said after harassing her, the hospital authorities said she was foolish to tell Vanguard that her debt was N35,000; that she should have said it was N200,000. However, contacted, the hopsital’s Medical Director, Ngozi Nwachukwu, said Mrs Okore was being ungrateful. She said as soon as the balance of their bill was off set, every other donation was given to the couple, including the N500,000 donated by Mutilinks Computer Services. Meanwhile, speaking with Vanguard yesterday, in their one-room apartment at Aluminum village, Dopemu, Lagos, Gloria said: “I am happy that Nigerians came to our rescue after the publication of my story by Vanguard. My prayer is that every one that contributed will never be put to shame.” Narrating how God used the publication in Vanguard to bring respite to her family, Gloria said: “Early on Wednesday morning, while we were still cleaning the babies, the Medical Director of the hospital came into the ward and said we should move to another ward that had a small bed because she had a new patient. “I pleaded with her but she refused and dragged us out. People gathered and began to beg her; I was crying, unknown to me that God was sending help. “She said we do not have helper and that we will pay every dime before she would allow us leave the hospital. That was before she found out that Vanguard had written a story about our plight. She became furious that Vanguard published the story, saying that we rubbished the hospital in the media. Donors arrive “She said I am a foolish illiterate for telling Vanguard that the bill was N35,000 instead of increasing it to N200,000 so that people would contribute more. “Immediately after, as God would have it, a man who read the story in Vanguard came to the hospital and went to the Medical Director’s office to verify and paid N32,000 cash. I thanked him. The next set of people were from the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA, in Alausa, who went to the Medical Director’s office to discuss with her before coming to the ward to see me. “They said they were sent to verify the situation and that they would get back to us. Later a woman and three others came. I suspected they were from an NGO. After speaking with the Medical Director, they presented a cheque of N35,000 to her in respect of the bill. They took pictures with the babies and I before leaving. “Another man came to the hospital, claiming that his elder brother, who lives in Abuja, read our story in Vanguard and sent a cheque to us. I explained everything to him. He collected my husband’s details before going to see the Medical Director, who also gave him her bank details. “Eventually, he paid N32,000 to the Medical Director’s bank account and N25,000 to our account.” Controversies over monies Mrs. Gloria Okore said later in the evening, the Medical Director, Ngozi Nwachukwu, came to the ward and said the cheque the NGO gave to her was invalid as she could not cash the cheque. She added: “Before we left the hospital, a woman came to the hospital and transferred N10,000 to the hospital’s bank account before discovering that the outstanding bill had been cleared. “When she discovered that she asked the Medical Director to give me the money for the upkeep of the babies. Yet she denied that she received any payment. Even when the lady in question sent transaction details.” A donor’s experience Speaking to Vanguard yesterday, Merit Oloruntobi, who transferred the said N10,000 to Blessylva’s Access Bank account, said: “I do not know these people from anywhere. I read the story and it touched me. “On my way back from work at about 6p.m., I went to the hospital. After discussing with the Medical Director, I transferred N10,000 via POS at about 7:12p.m. I later discovered through the mother of the babies that other people had paid the outstanding balance. So I told the Director to withdraw the money and give it to them. “Surprisingly, when I called them to find out if they had collected the money, they said the Director said the money did not reflect in her account. Even when I called her, she said the same thing.” Hospital reacts Reacting to the allegations, Ngozi Nwachukwu, the Medical Director, said: “Gloria and her husband never gave me any money; it was people, who read the story, that came to the hospital. “I never detained them.  Immediately the outstanding balance of N67,000 was completed, I discharged them and gave them the receipt. “Some people from Mutilinks Computer Services came to the hospital and paid N500,000 for her. I took the person to her and they gave her the money. “As for Merit’s donation, it is in my account. I told them that it is part of the bills, but if they want I can refund the N10,000. “Concerning the cheque that some people gave to me, it is still here with me. I have not even cleared it. When I got to the bank, they said I have to pay it into my account and that after three days I can withdraw it. When I came back from the bank, I told Gloria. “The money from everybody that came to assist them in the hospital, I gave them. Why does this lady want to spoil my name after all I did for them?” Vanguard then called Gloria, who confirmed that some people came and gave her N500,000. She claimed it escaped her while she was telling Vanguard about the donations earlier. Equally, when Vanguard got back to Merit later, she said the Medical Director had confirmed that she finally received alert for the N10,000 transaction. Meanwhile, WAPA’s Director, Mrs Fadiro, said plans were on to take the surviving babies to a government hospital for adequate medical care and treatment. 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Dead day-old baby evokes curses in Ekiti

By Rotimi Ojomoyela The saying, different strokes for different folks, couldn’t have been more apt to describe the scene at the popular canal in Irona road, Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, on Saturday, June 25, 2016, as people besieged the canal to have a glimpse of a day old, lifeless baby boy with his placenta still strapped to his body, dumped in the canal. •A large crowd at the canal. Inset: The dead dumped baby in the canal There was outpouring of emotions over the discovery as 








sympathetic residents and passers-by berated the culprit for being heartless, while others prayed for the baby’s gentle soul to rest in peace. Some of the passers-by, who took photo shots of the baby,  cursed and expressed concern over the action of the mother of the child, describing the incident as an act of wickedness on her part. Interestingly, the canal in which the baby was dumped is close to a community, named Okebola, that has gained notoriety for diverse immoral and unlawful activities which range from prostitution, thuggery, idleness and armed robbery among others. Who did it? It was gathered that the baby was dropped inside the huge canal at dawn by an unknown person as traders around the area said they didn’t notice it until early in the morning. “The unfortunate baby must have been dropped inside the canal by its assailant very early this morning because we didn’t notice it yesterday night until we closed from shop”, a trader, who didn’t want her name in print, said. Speculating that any of the sex workers whose brothels are close to the area, might be responsible for the child’s tragedy, a commercial motorcyclist, Mufu Ayeni, said, “that baby was very unlucky. It had died before the police came to the spot. All these Ashawo (commercial sex workers) are responsible for committing this kind of atrocity. It is one of them that would do this. If you examine the baby very well. It was still smeared with blood which showed that it was dumped inside the canal immediately after it was delivered. “One thing we cannot claim is whether the baby had died before it was dumped inside the canal or after the deed was done. But whoever has done this is surely a wicked person.“ Besides, Ayeni lamented that “nobody knows what this baby will become tomorrow. Even the woman that did this does not know the consequences of her action. In a situation where some women are going to God to bless them with a child, here another gave birth to such a handsome baby boy and dumped him inside the river. What a sad situation.” The incident caused heavy traffic along the busy Ijigbo/Irona market road as a crowd, vehicles and commercial motorcyclists, who besideged the scene caused serious traffic gridlock. Police evacuates dead baby Confirming the tragic development, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Alberto Adeyemi, said that the baby’s corpse has been deposited at the state mortuary while investigations on the matter have started. In his words, “when the reports came to us that a day old baby was dumped inside a canal in the area, we swiftly sent a rescue team to the spot. Our men found the baby dead inside the canal and they have evacuated its body and have taken it to the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital’ mortuary.   We have also begun investigations into the development.”

Alleged Bribery: Court slams N50m bail on AVM Mawu

An FCT High Court on Friday granted bail to AVM Alikali Mawu, a former Air Officer Training Command, bail in the sum of N50 million for alleged bribery. Mawu, a member of Committee for







Procurement in the Ministry of Defence, was arraigned on June 21 before Justice Salisu Garba on a three-count charge of bribery. AVM Mawu Garba, in his ruling, held that the defendant had been on an administrative bail and never defaulted. “Only in capital offences are bail not granted to the suspect, I have considered the affidavits filed by the defendant and I am convinced that he desired the bail. “The defendant is admitted to bail in the sum of N50 million, a surety in the like sum, who must have a property within Abuja with title deed in Abuja,’’ he said. Garba ordered that the defendant should deposit his international passport with the court. Mawu’s counsel, Tawo E. Tawo (SAN), had prayed the court to admit the defendant to bail. Tawo said that the motion was brought pursuance to sections 162, 163 and 164 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 and Section 36 (5) of the 1999 Constitution as amended. EFCC Counsel Cosmos Ugwu urged the court to commence trial after ruling on the bail application, noting that the prosecution had two witnesses in the court. But, Tawo objected and prayed the court to adjourn the matter to enable the defendant to properly brief him. Tawo told the court that he was yet to get in touch with the defendant since June 21 when he was remanded. At the last sitting, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission had alleged that Mawu collected a cash gift of N5.9 million for the purchase of a Range Rover Evoque. He also received two vehicles -Ford Expedition SUV and Jaguar XF Saloon valued N15 million and N12 million, respectively from Societe D’ Equipments Internationaux Nigeria Limited, a contractor with the Nigerian Air Force. The court adjourned the matter till Sept. 30 for commencement of trial. (NAN)