The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, said yesterday that the commission has convicted more than 288 persons over internet crimes, extradited four fugitives to the United States while 234 cases are still being prosecuted in courts across the country.

According to a statement yesterday by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, Lamorde gave the statistics during the opening ceremony of a three-day conference at the EFCC Academy in Karu, Abuja.

The conference has the theme: "Regional Cooperation Against Internet-based Transnational Fraud" and was organized by the commission in collaboration with the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

The statement quoted Lamorde as saying that, "counterfeit financial instruments seized by the commission in collaboration with the Nigeria Postal Service, stood at $24.213 million, £858,937 million and €1.195 billion."

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, while declaring the conference open, said that Nigeria is leading the fight against cybercrime and other economic and financial crimes in West Africa and across the world.

He reiterated the country's commitment to the implementation of all UN conventions and protocols in the fight against transnational organized crime.

In her remark, the special envoy of the Australian Prime Minister to West Africa, Ms. Joanna Hewitt, said she was pleased to attend the conference which she described as indication of her government's growing links with Nigeria in recent times.

She disclosed that Nigeria is Australia 's second most important trading partner in Africa and revealed several collaborative initiatives between the two countries in the areas of mining, agriculture and education.

Speaking, the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Ian McConville, praised Nigeria for taking up the challenge of fighting cybercrime not only in West Africa but globally.

Participants at the conference were drawn Niger, Sierra Leone, Cameroon,Benin Republic, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Guinea and Nigeria.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204170197.html

How many political office holders have been jailed?

ariy: How many political office holders have been jailed?

Good question

ariy: How many political office holders have been jailed?

Gbam!

What about james ibori

How many political office holders have been jailed?

Context. the forum was themed 'Regional Cooperation Against Internet-based Transnational Fraud'

The continued existence of the EFCC is a waste of resources, nonetheless.

quote author=ariy]How many political office holders have been jailed?[/quote]

It was more than uncountable don't you know? but please don't ask me any question again as you can see the respond to the above one.

The present administration appears to be fixated with the idea of quick fixes. Doubtless, the Orosonya committee's work has plenty of merit, makes sense, that is. Typically, the President obviously cowed by the high-sounding sanctimonious prescriptions of the committee, and clearly under pressure to prove himself capable, is in a haste to fall into another trap set by his enemies, who, of course, understand his psychology: show him money that can be 'saved' and you have him. The issues are not as simplistic as the committee is making out. Orosonya is just out of job and is clearly looking for another, hence the need to impress the President. The President has been on that seat long enough to have learnt some restraint by now. Scrapping bogus bodies and merging others with overlapping mandates may sound nice and progressive, but a lot of ground work needs be done before implementation.What we need is systematically overhaul that why we have president................

the cabals, politicians are entitled to smuggle public funds to offshore account. this man james ibori who nigerian judge declared has no case to answer in money laundry is about to be sentence in UK. we have two different Constitution one for those who make the law, cabals and bad politicians and other one for rest of nigerians.

i pray a day will come that naija politicians will be jailed in dozens like this.

Who is talking here?? What about (IBB, OBJ, IBORI, CHIMARAOKE, and rest of dem. a beg let dem release those people.

inspirizu: What about james ibori

Do the Nigerian Government has a hand in Ibori's case?

You better rephrase your question...

ariy: How many political office holders have been jailed?

Men you be witch how you know my mind

Na yahoo boys body una dey show skill and relevance. Nigeria jaga jaga everytin scata scata... poor man dey surfa surfa gboza gboza gun shot ina d air!

Dey should scrape d police 1st. If it is abt money, FG should cut d salaries of d president, senators, ministers, legislators e.t.c. Dat would go a long way 2 make our economy beta.

hahahaha. Is EFCC really Active? if yes what is T A Orji doing in Abia State?

They are useless and waste of resources,all the agencies should be scrapped.

Fraud is Fraud no matter how we look at it. They should keep on convicting and jailing accordingly from the small boys. Who knows, someday they could reach our SACRED COWS. 4 me, good job EFCC.

ariy: How many political office holders have been jailed?

Ask dem ooo.

The jailed ones are the ones who refused to settle. Inlcuding those arrested in cafes without concrete evidence.

Na for poor yahoo yahoo boys head dia power end. Yeye agency..

gutless n spineless efcc,wen it comes to d real tin una no go perform.efcc,icpc n d rest r a waste of taxpayers' money.

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