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.”
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President Bola Tinubu commended the NDLEA Chairman and personnel of the agency on "globally acclaimed successes", with 66,085 arrested, 11.1million kg drugs seized, 12,201 convictions, and 26,393 rehabilitated drug addicts in 53 months.
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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In her statement, she claimed she embarked on the trip for financial benefits but under the pretext of going to India for surgery to remove fibroid from her stomach.
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Similarly, 22-year-old female Student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Olotin Nifemi, allegedly notorious for selling illicit substances to other students, was on Thursday 19th June arrested at her base along Kwara Poly road, Ilorin, with 1kg skunk.
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CSP Benjamin Hundeyin said Wasiu Akinwande is currently in Police custody under heavy security and will face the full weight of the law for all his crimes.
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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.
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Prosecuting lawyer, ADEGBOYEGA AWOMOLO, announced the closure of the prosecution’s case after its fifth witness concluded his testimony.
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CP OLOHUNDARE said that the social media content creator whose video exposed the act by Pastor ADEFARASIN has also been invited for questioning.
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The Police spokesman said Pastor PAUL ADEFARASIN was eventually granted bail after interrogation at the Command headquarters in Ikeja.
The suspect arrived in Ibiade community on June 13, 2025, on a mission to abduct a prominent individual at Ago Village, Abigi.
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Pastor Paul Adefarasin is being investigated in connection with an online video in which he was seen holding a gun-like object against another road user, while driving in an unregistered vehicle.
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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He expressed deep concern over the ongoing violence in Nigeria and the suffering of affected communities, and prayed for security, justice, and peace to prevail in the country.
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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 State Deputy Governor, SAM ODE, was also at the location, but the protesters refused to listen to him, insisting that they wanted to hear directly from Governor HYACINTH ALIA.
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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 police intervention is in response to a viral video circulating on social media in which a woman is seen is lamenting about the disappearance of her son.
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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 police raided criminal hideouts and identitied black spots in Ishaga, Awolowo and Ojuwoye markets where twenty 23 omiscreants responsible for the assaults, harassment and stealing from shops and innocent people in Mushin area were arrested.
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Further investigation showed that the suspects played key roles in facilitating the movement and distribution of illegal firearms across various parts of Lagos State, posing a serious threat to public safety.
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In another operation in Kano, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kano- Maiduguri road Friday 30th May intercepted the duo of Abubakar Hussein, 42, and Sahabi Adamu, 53, with Nine Hundred Thousand US dollars ($900,000) cash suspected to be counterfeit.
