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The Judge also ordered that the convict be registered in the Public Offenders Register, in addition to signing an undertaking with the EFCC never to commit any financial crime within and outside the shores of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The EFCC first arrested GOBIR on September 12, 2015, following a petition received by an outdoor advertising company, Afromedia, which accused him of alleged fraud.
NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, said the couple was first arrested with over two hundred and seventy-seven kilograms of Skunk on Friday, June 13, 2025, in the Ojo area of Lagos.
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They were arraigned on separate charges bordering on cyber-terrorism and internet fraud.
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EFCC spokesman, DELE OYEWALE, said the suspects were arrested yesterday in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
The judge also ordered that upon completion of their sentences, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service should ensure that they are repatriated to their country of origin within seven days.
Justice OSIAGOR adjourned the matter till Friday, July 4, 2025, for further hearing.
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The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, through its counsel, SESAN OLA, told the court that no one had come forward to take possession of both the vehicle and the consignment.
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NDLEA operatives picked up SEGUN GEORGE following the arrest of one NTORUKA EMMANUEL CHINEDU on June 24, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos with twenty-two-point-six kilograms of cocaine.
The application was presented before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, during the resumed hearing of Bello’s alleged ₦80.2 billion money laundering trial.
They initially pleaded “not guilty” to the charges preferred against them. However, during Friday’s sitting, they all changed their “not guilty plea” to “guilty.”
The convicts’ journey to the Correctional facility started as a result of their dubious act of awarding purported contracts for the supply, installation and services of two units of X- Ray Machine Model 1800 to the petitioner and his company.
The convicts were among seven hundred and ninety-two suspects involved in cryptocurrency scam, who were arrested following a mass raid by the EFCC on December 19, 2024, code-named ‘Eagle Flush Operation’.
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Adonu Kingsley Ifeanyi pleaded not guilty to the five count-charge of money laundering to the tune of N10 Billion.
Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu ThankGod, also known as Eezee Tee, alongside his company, Eezee Global Concepts Limited, are facing seven counts of foreign exchange malpractice.
While working as a Relief Teller with the bank, he fraudulently represented himself as one Miss Omowunmi Ajoke, a customer of the Bank, by posting false deposits into her Ecobank account and moving the total sum of N2,404,000.
Justice AJOKU convicted and sentenced the defendants to thirty months imprisonment each, with an option of Two Hundred Thousand Naira fine respectively.
The EFCC alleged that PRECIOUS WILLIAMS committed the crimes through registered businesses sometime between August, 2019 and February, 2020.
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This is based on the Commission’s assessment that crimes and criminality have gone scientific and operate across national boundaries
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DCP, State CID will work with other senior officers, including the OC Legal, in the investigation of the allegations against the Okokomaiko Tactical Squad commander and submit their findings within a week.
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NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, disclosed in a statement that the suspect claimed to have gone into the criminal drug trade two years ago, moving between the West African sub-region and Iran.
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The EFCC alleged that the Filipinos hired their Nigerian accomplices and engaged them in the crime of identity theft and to pretend to be persons of foreign nationality, with the intent to gain financial advantage.
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The seizure was made on Thursday, June 5, 2025, based on credible intelligence which was received ahead of the arrival of the consignment at the cargo wing of the airport.
Jude Chigozie Okoye is the elder brother of the due of Paul and Peter Okoye, formerly known as P-Square on stage.
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EFCC alleged that they engaged in the exportation of Mica Products, Copper bearing and Lithium bearing mineral resources out of Nigeria,
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The convicts comprise of eleven Filipinos, two Chinese, one Malaysian and one Indonesian, who were handed one-year imprisonment each, following their arraignment by The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
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Justice Amobeda also issued a consequential order appointing the convict as an Ambassador of EFCC and CBN in online advocacy campaigns against Naira Abuse due to her substantial following across various social media platforms.
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They were initially standing trial before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. However, Justice Onigbanjo withdrew from the case, thereby prompting the re-assignment of the case to Justice Dada.
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The convicts are: Arowosola Julius Oluwadamilola, Oluwasegun Ayomide, Opeyemi Shamsudeen Agboola, and Akinade Olamilekan.
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He was reacting to the revelation by BudgIT, which uncovered a staggering ₦7 trillion in questionable projects inserted into the 2025 national budget.
