ALLEGED $1.5M FRAUD: WITNESS TELLS COURT FUNDS CAME INTO DEFENDANT’S ACCOUNT IN MULTIPLE TRANCHES. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Alleged $1.5m Fraud:   Witness Tells Court Funds Came into Defendant’s Account in Multiple Tranches The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, June 29, 2026, presented its third prosecution witness (PW3), Levi Amanda Opice, a Compliance Officer with Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), in the ongoing trial of Ifoma Immanuel before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, over an alleged $1.5 million fraud. Immanuel is standing trial alongside his company, Intermediate Investment Holdings Limited, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and forgery involving the sum of $1.5 million. According to the EFCC, investigations revealed that the defendant allegedly induced Adebisi Adebutu of R28 Holdings Limited to invest $1.5 million by claiming that the funds would be used to finance projects linked to Chappal Petroleum Development Company Limited, Intermediate Investment Holdings Limited, and Chappal Ener...

ANAMBRA STATE ASSEMBLY PASSES STATE ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL 2024.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.


 Anambra State Assembly Passes State Electoral Amendment Bill 2024 


By Chizoba Okeke, Anastasia Agunwa and Gloria Abugu 


To align with the need for Anambra State to conduct local government elections, a bill to amend the Anambra State Electoral Law 2024 has been passed by the Anambra State House of Assembly.


The Anambra State Electoral Amendment Bill, 2024, has passed its first, second, and third readings and takes effect immediately. 


During the debate on the bill, the Majority Leader and member representing Ekwusigo Constituency, Sir Ikenna Ofodeme, emphasized that the amendment demonstrates the state’s and Assembly’s readiness to expedite the local government elections as demanded.


He highlighted that the amendment aims to address specific areas and ensure transparency and accountability for the people of Anambra during the elections.


Supporting the move, the members representing Ogbaru Constituency One, Mr Noble Igwe, and his Anambra West Counterpart, Mr Patrick Udoba, stated that the amendment is timely, given the need for the conduct of Local Government election.


The Speaker, Mr Somtochukwu Udeze read out the bill, and it was supported by the lawmakers through voice votes.


* Okeke, Agunwa and Abugu are of the Ministry of Information, Anambra State *

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