HARD TIMES AWAIT ILLEGAL MINERS AS OLUKOYEDE BAGS MINILS’ FELLOWSHIP AWARD. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Hard Times Await  Illegal Miners as Olukoyede Bags MINILS’  Fellowship Award The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has vowed to intensify his crackdown on illegal mining by going after the financiers, mineral buyers, compromised public officials and other collaborators who profit from the illicit exploitation of Nigeria’s mineral resources. Olukoyede made this disclosure in Ilorin,  Kwara State on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, while delivering a Keynote address at a joint conference on Illegal Mining, Corruption and Climate Implications organised by the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies MINILS, Ilorin, in partnership with the Human and Environmental Development Agenda, HEDA.  Beyond the address, the EFCC’s boss was honoured with the Fellowship of the Institute Speaking on the theme, “Uprooting the Roots of Resource Theft: A Zero-Tolerance Approach to Mining Corruption and Increasing Inse...
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EFCC ARRAIGNS WOMAN FOR ALLEGED IDENTITY THEFT IN ENUGU. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 EFCC Arraigns Woman  for Alleged Identity Theft in Enugu


The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned a woman,  Mbah Chidinma Sophina, before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu, on a three-count charge, bordering on possession of fraudulent documents, forgery and identity theft.


Count one of the charges reads: “That you, Mbah Chidinma Sophina, sometime between 1st of January, 2026 to 30th of April, 2026 at Enugu, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria with intent to defraud, had in your possession, a document asserting that you are Florence-Gweh Togba Doaryenneh, which to your knowledge contained a false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 6 1 (3) of the same Act”.


Count two reads: “That you, Mbah Chidinma Sophina, sometime between 1st October, 2023 to 25th October, 2023 at Enugu, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, with intent to defraud, knowingly forged a Last Minute Healthcare card with number 03332408969 bearing the name of Florence-Gweh Togba Doaryenneh which you knew was false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (2) (a) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Cap M17, 2004 and punishable under the same Section of the Act”.


The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when they were read to her.   In view of her plea, counsel to the EFCC, Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE II Ahmad Yusuf Abdullahi prayed the court for a trial date to enable the prosecution prove its case and for the defendant to be remanded at the facility of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, Enugu.


The defence counsel, M. I. Odo prayed the court for a short date to enable him file a bail application for the defendant.


Justice Giwa-Ogunbanjo thereafter adjourned the matter to November 19, 2026 for trial and remanded the defendant at the facility of the NCoS.


Meanwhile,the defendant is equally being prosecuted by the Commission, before Justice C. A. Ogbuabor of the Enugu State High Court, Enugu on a two-count charge bordering on stealing and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N19, 084, 000 (Nineteen Million, Eighty-Four Thousand Naira).


She was granted bail after pleading “not guilty” to the charges and the matter was adjourned to September 18, 2026 for trial.


The defendant was arrested, following claims of a petitioner that sometime in 2024, he informed the defendant whom he met on Tik-Tok, of his intention to relocate to the United Kingdom through a Certificate of Sponsorship, CoS in order to work as a caregiver. After paying the said sum to the defendant for the procuring of a CoS, the defendant allegedly failed to deliver documents as promised to him, before blocking him.


In the course of investigation, operatives of the Commission executed a search at her residence and recovered an identification card bearing the defendant’s photograph with the name, Florence-Gweh Togba Doaryenneh.

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