NIGERIAN MAKES U.S MOST WANTED LIST OVER $1M FRAUD. (PHOTO).

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 Nigerian makes US Most Wanted List over $1m fraud A Nigerian, Onoriode Ezewu, has been named on the United States Department of Labour’s first-ever Most Wanted List over allegations of money laundering involving fraudulent unemployment benefit claims worth more than $1m. The department’s Office of Inspector General unveiled the list on its website on Wednesday, naming 16 fugitives wanted in cases involving alleged fraud, identity theft, money laundering, labour trafficking and other offences. According to the agency, the cases collectively involve more than $55m allegedly stolen from American taxpayers. Ezewu’s profile on the department’s website identifies him as wanted for concealment money laundering and states that he is believed to be residing in Nigeria. “In January 2021, Ezewu was charged with 15 counts of concealment money laundering tied to fraudulent UI and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims filed using stolen identities, in a scheme exceeding $1 million that also t...
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COUNCIL APPROVES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.

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COUNCIL APPROVES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS



Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) has approved the creation of a Bureau for Missing Persons in the Ministry of Justice.

The establishment of the Bureau is part of the interim recommendation earlier made by the Truth, Justice and Peace Commission (TJPC) in its Inception Report earlier submitted to Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo (CFR), Governor of Anambra State, on the 17th of February 2023.

The job of the Bureau is to trace cases of missing persons and coming up with the needed database to support Police investigations and eventual prosecution of suspects by the Ministry of Justice. 

Recall that on the 23rd of June 2022, Governor Soludo, pursuant to the Commission of  Inquiry Law of Anambra State, inaugurated the Truth, Justice and Peace Commission which has Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu as the chairman, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu as the secretary and Professor Sylvia Chike Ifemeje as one of its Commissioners.

The Commission’s Inception Report also recommended the following: 1. A whole-of-government strategy that locates atrocity violence within a public health framework.
2. Professionalization and effective coordination of vigilante services in the state. 3. Institutionalizing deliverables for the Ministry of Security and Homeland Affairs. 4. Establishing an Anambra Integrated Civic Surveillance System (ANICSS) and 5. 
Establishing an Anambra State Safety and Environmental Commission (ASSEC)

TJPC's initial terms of reference are: To identify the remote and immediate causes of the agitations, restiveness, violence and armed struggle in the Southeast since 1999; To document victims/circumstances of death, brutality and incarceration  as well as identify stakeholders and groups who have played critical roles in agitations and conflicts, their roles, capabilities and demands.

Lastly, the Commission is expected to address any other issue(s) that may be germane to unravelling the extent of the crisis and charting the roadmap for the future, and make recommendations for sustainable peace and security in Anambra State/Southeast. 

*SIR PAUL NWOSU*
Commissioner for Information
April 21, 2023


 

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