Abuja Media Circle

A 37-year-old man, Abdulganiyu Awoyemi, has been arraigned for stealing angle iron (construction material consisting of pieces of iron or steel with an L-shaped cross section, able to be bolted together) worth N2.5m belonging to a judge with the Osun State Judiciary, Justice A. B. Abdulkareem. The suspect, who was arraigned before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court, was said to have sold the items for N56,000. Awoyemi, according to the police, sold the items to one Mutiu Oyeyemi, 35, for N56,000. Both men were arraigned before Magistrate Risikat Olayemi on Thursday on two counts of conspiracy and stealing. Awoyemi and Oyeyemi allegedly committed the offences on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, around 2am at Oke-Odo, Okuku. Oyeyemi was separately arraigned on two counts of conspiracy and theft for receiving 155 pieces of angle iron valued at N2.5m in Oke-Odo, Oyan. Before ruling on the matter, Magistrate Olayemi said the two cases should be merged since they were related. She rema...

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, says alleged Internet fraudster and social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha aka Mompha; and his Lebanese accomplice, Hamza Koudeih, laundered a combined N33bn. Magu further stated that the two belonged to an international crime syndicate that did money laundering, especially in Dubai. The EFCC boss said this at a Press conference in Lagos on Thursday. He said, “The recent arrest of a social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha; and his Lebanese collaborator, Hamza Koudeih, for their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud and money laundering, remains a landmark achievement of the EFCC. “I make bold to tell you that these arrests have further confirmed our commitment to the anti-graft war, while also sending a red alert to potential internet fraudsters. “I am sure you will be greatly shocked to know that five wristwatches valued at over N60m were recovered from ...