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EFCC ARRAIGNS DIRECTOR, COMPANY FOR ALLEGED ISSUANCE OF N10M DUD CHEQUE. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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EFCC Arraigns Director, Company for Alleged Issuance of N10m Dud Cheque   The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Rhas Nigeria Limited and its director, Liwa Sarirddine before Justice A.H. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court for fraud.   They were arraigned on a one-count charge, bordering on alleged issuance of dud cheque to the tune of N10 million.   The charge read: “That you Rhas Nigeria limited and Liwa Sarirddine (being the director of the said Rhas Nigeria Limited, sometime in 2020 in Abuja within the judicial division of this Honourable Court did obtain credit from Ismail and Partners in the sum of N10,000,000.00 (Ten million naira) by means of a cheque dated 15th/10/2020 which when presented for payment within three months of the date, was dishonoured and returned on the ground that there was no sufficient credit standing in the account for which the cheque was drawn and you there by committed ...

FIRE SERVICE SUCCESSFULLY CURTAILED FIRE IN EFCC YESTERDAY.#PRESS RELEASE.

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    Men of the Federal Fire Service, FFS, Wuse Zonal office today, Monday, 19th November, 2018 successfully subdued inferno that almost razed down the Wuse 2 Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The fire fighters led by the Sector Commander, Melone Onyekachi, arrived the Wuse 2 office of the Commission when the Service was alerted of the Fire by the Incident Duty Officer of the Commission, Kayode Oyet unde at 1910 hours. The fire started at the former newsroom which now serves as storage for ICT equipments that were retrieved from the Commission former offices scattered across the Capital City. The former newsroom is domiciled in the two Storey Costa Hall which was commissioned by Dr. Antonio Maria Costa on 13th November 2007. The building currently houses the Data Centre and the Combined Inter Agency Task Force. When asked what could have cursed the fire, Mr. Onyekachi said, “Our duty is to put off the fire; that we have successfully d...

EFCC ARRAIGNS KANO GOV. CANDIDATE,1 OTHER FOR ALLEGED $1.3M FRAUD.{PHOTOS}.

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            The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on November 19, 2018 arraigned Abdulsalam Saleh Abdulkareem, a governorship candidate of the Green Party of Nigeria, GPN, and Ebere Nzekwe, before Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Kano on a nine-count charge of criminal conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of $1,320,000 (One Million, Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand Do llars) only. The petitioner alleged that sometimes in 2014, the defendants connived to fraudulently obtained the said sum from him in the belief that it would be used for business investment which eventually turned out to be false. Abdulsalam also allegedly met with his Personal Assistant, one Muhannat in a hotel in Republic of Kuwait for a talk on the said dealings. The meeting led to his (Abdulsalam’s) invitation to Nigeria via a company, Seit Nigeria Limited. It was during this meeting that the total sum of One Million Five hund...