A short video of former Anambra Governor Willie Obiano in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s detention has surfaced online. Obiano was seen drinking water from a bottle in the video which lasted for twelve seconds. He was also seen discussing with an unidentified person in the video. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said former Governor…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed that the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has not been released from detention. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed that Obiano was transferred to Abuja earlier today. Obiano was arrested by the EFCC on Thursday night hours after his handover to the new Anambra governor, Charles Soludo. The…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is maintaining silence on the death of one of two brothers who were detained at its Lagos Zonal Office in Ikoyi. Late Bright Etti and his elder brother, Brilliant Etti, were arrested by EFCC operatives in Lekki last Saturday on suspicion of internet fraud. Brilliant later told Lasgidi FM News Desk…
The arraignment of a former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha for allegedly diverting two point nine billion naira was today stalled at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Okorocha who currently represents Imo West at the Senate was absent in court and was also not represented by any legal practitioner. However, six other defendants billed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has recovered assorted properties worth over ten point nine billion naira linked to a military officer. The Commission said there are a total of twenty-four properties scattered across Kano, Kaduna, Borno and Cross River states. The EFCC did not mention the name of the military officer, but said the…
Former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has faulted the seventeen-count fraud charge filed against him and six others by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission. Senator Okorocha said he is not aware of the two-point-nine-billion-naira case in court, adding that he had not been served the court papers filed by the EFCC at the Federal…