The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission has
finalized plans to declare
former Executive Director of
National Health Insurance
Scheme, Olufemi Thomas, over
a $2.1 million (about
N413million) suspected money
laundering case.
A source at the commission said
the EFCC has been on the trail of
the former NHIS boss for weeks
after a Bureau De Change
operator, Ibiteye Bamidele,
named him as the owner of a
$2,198,900 cash, recovered from
him by men of the National
Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
Mr. Bamidele was arrested on
July 3 at the Murtala
Mohammed Airport, Lagos, by
officials of the NDLEA.
He was then handed over to the
EFCC on July 8, for further
investigation.
After Mr. Bamidele named the
health insurance boss as the
owner of the money, all efforts
by the anti-graft agency to
locate Mr. Thomas has been
futile.
EFCC operatives, our source
said, have combed every
address associated with the
suspect, including his known
addresses in Lagos and Abuja.
Efforts were also made to locate
him at the Lagos University
Teaching Hospital in Lagos but
that was also not successful.
The spokesperson for the EFCC,
Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed
the intensive search for Mr.
Thomas, and the plan to declare
him wanted.
He also urged anyone with
information on the whereabouts
of Mr. Thomas to contact the
commission or the nearest
police station.
Mr. Thomas was sacked as CEO
of the NHIS on April 28, 2015 by
then President Goodluck
Jonathan and replaced by
Olufemi Akingbade.
The real reason for his sudden
removal remained unknown.
The NDLEA had intercepted Mr. Bamidele,
the Bureau De Change operator, while he
was carrying US$2,198,900 at the domestic
wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport in
Lagos.
The suspect, 46, was apprehended on his
way to Abuja, the NDLEA said.
“Preliminary investigation conducted by the
Assets and Financial Investigation
Directorate of the NDLEA revealed that
Ibiteye’s action is in contravention of the
money laundering prohibition act 2011 as
amended,” the anti-narcotics agency said in
the statement by Mitchell Ofoyeju, its
spokesperson.
“He alleged that the money belongs to one
Dr. Martins Olufemi Thomas, a medical
practitioner in Lagos. Investigation
conducted by the Agency did not link the
money to proceeds of narcotics.
“However, a country having insurgency
challenge cannot afford to ignore suspicious
movement of large amount of money.”
In his statement to the NDLEA, before he
was handed over to the EFCC, Mr. Ibiteye
said that he is a Bureau De Change operator.
“I used to work for Ebi Bureau De Change at
the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja
before I established my company with the
name ND&C Global Investment Limited
which is yet to be fully registered with the
Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC),” he
said.
“One of my clients, Dr. Martins Olufemi
Thomas gave me the said amount to take to
Abuja. I was arrested by NDLEA officers
while checking in the money at MM2 on my
way to Abuja.”
Ahmadu Giade, NDLEA Chairman, then
handed over the suspect and the cash to the
EFCC for further action. /p2LdGt-MSR
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Name checking.....

Nawa o, i thought it's only igbo's dat like
money,so other tribe steal too. Ok nau. Next pls

There was a Commission and There is now an antigraft Commission.

londongal03:
The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission has
finalized plans to declare
former Executive Director of
National Health Insurance
Scheme, Olufemi Thomas, over
a $2.1 million (about
N413million) suspected money
laundering case.
A source at the commission said
the EFCC has been on the trail of
the former NHIS boss for weeks
after a Bureau De Change
operator, Ibiteye Bamidele,
named him as the owner of a
$2,198,900 cash, recovered from
him by men of the National
Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
Mr. Bamidele was arrested on
July 3 at the Murtala
Mohammed Airport, Lagos, by
officials of the NDLEA.
He was then handed over to the
EFCC on July 8, for further
investigation.
After Mr. Bamidele named the
health insurance boss as the
owner of the money, all efforts
by the anti-graft agency to
locate Mr. Thomas has been
futile.
EFCC operatives, our source
said, have combed every
address associated with the
suspect, including his known
addresses in Lagos and Abuja.
Efforts were also made to locate
him at the Lagos University
Teaching Hospital in Lagos but
that was also not successful.
The spokesperson for the EFCC,
Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed
the intensive search for Mr.
Thomas, and the plan to declare
him wanted.
He also urged anyone with
information on the whereabouts
of Mr. Thomas to contact the
commission or the nearest
police station.
Mr. Thomas was sacked as CEO
of the NHIS on April 28, 2015 by
then President Goodluck
Jonathan and replaced by
Olufemi Akingbade.
The real reason for his sudden
removal remained unknown.
The NDLEA had intercepted Mr. Bamidele,
the Bureau De Change operator, while he
was carrying US$2,198,900 at the domestic
wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport in
Lagos.
The suspect, 46, was apprehended on his
way to Abuja, the NDLEA said.
“Preliminary investigation conducted by the
Assets and Financial Investigation
Directorate of the NDLEA revealed that
Ibiteye’s action is in contravention of the
money laundering prohibition act 2011 as
amended,” the anti-narcotics agency said in
the statement by Mitchell Ofoyeju, its
spokesperson.
“He alleged that the money belongs to one
Dr. Martins Olufemi Thomas, a medical
practitioner in Lagos. Investigation
conducted by the Agency did not link the
money to proceeds of narcotics.
“However, a country having insurgency
challenge cannot afford to ignore suspicious
movement of large amount of money.”
In his statement to the NDLEA, before he
was handed over to the EFCC, Mr. Ibiteye
said that he is a Bureau De Change operator.
“I used to work for Ebi Bureau De Change at
the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja
before I established my company with the
name ND&C Global Investment Limited
which is yet to be fully registered with the
Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC),” he
said.
“One of my clients, Dr. Martins Olufemi
Thomas gave me the said amount to take to
Abuja. I was arrested by NDLEA officers
while checking in the money at MM2 on my
way to Abuja.”
Ahmadu Giade, NDLEA Chairman, then
handed over the suspect and the cash to the
EFCC for further action.

First time crook..

Wonders shall never end.

I'm constantly baffled by the way these public servants devise ways of corruptly enriching themselves.

They have seen the money, why luk for the man again? Buhari should keep proper records of all these monies bcus in due, he will be call to acct fr them. If at all....?