Suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has joined the former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele at Department of State Services (DSS) detention. Emefiele has been in DSS custody since Saturday following his suspension by President Bola Tinubu Dr. Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer of DSS disclosed this in a statement late last night, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. He said “Bawa was invited by the DSS in relation to some investigative activities concerning him. The statement reads: “The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited…
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Court Jails Delta Senator Nwaoboshi 7 Years For Money Laundering
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, Friday, convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North senatorial district at the National Assembly, to seven years imprisonment and ordered that his two companies, Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd, be wound up in line with the provisions of Section 22 of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2021. The court’s ruling followed the success of the appeal by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, challenging the judgment of Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court,…
Read MoreFight Against Corruption Will Be Intelligence Driven As New EFCC Boss Resume Office
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Friday March 5, 2021 officially assumed duties with a pledge to steer the organization towards proactive and intelligence-led investigation. In a statement obtained from the verified facebook page of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Bawa said he would create a full-fledged directorate of intelligence that would spearhead intelligence gathering, which will ensure proactive response in the fight against corruption. According to him, “We are going to digitalize our processes, and we are going…
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