COURT CONVICTS SUSPECT, ORDERS FORFEITURE OF 25% UNDECLARED SUM TO GOVT.
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and presided over by Justice C.J. Nweke, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, convicted a bulk cash courier, Abubakar Sheriff Tijjani, who was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The convict pleaded guilty and was ordered to forfeit to government, 25% of the $2.549.444 (Two million, Five Hundred and Forty Nine Thousand, Four Hundred and Forty Four United States Dollars) not declared to the security agencies before he was arrested by operatives of the EFCC at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
EFCC DOCKS BELLO GODWIN ONIMISI, FOR IMPERSONATION, FRAUD
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, arraigned Bello Godwin Onimisi, before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the FCT High court, sitting in Gudu Abuja, on a four count charge of conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretence and internet fraud. Onimisi is also a member of a syndicate that is impersonating the Comptroller General of Customs, Dikko Inde Abdullahi.
$7,049.444 Bulk Cash Courier: Judge’s Absence Stalls Arraignment
The absence of Justice C.J Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday October 19, 2012, stalled the arraignment of Abubakar Sheriff Tijjani, who was intercepted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, with $7,049.444 (Seven million, Forty Nine Thousand, Four Hundred and Forty Four United States Dollars) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on Thursday, 27 September, 2012.