Their village people finally found their case file

dominique:
I remember Efe Sodje from 2002 world cup in Korea/Japan, the guy with the green bandana. Why did they have to do that naa

London with E confusion. The guy has drifted away from God. He no check him conscience again.

but this is all change na

In once instance, in 2011, there was a gala dinner at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester for the SSF and the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

The £150-a-head black-tie event raised almost £11,500, but Mr Christopher said "not a penny" went to the hospital.

Judge Michael Topolski QC told the defendants: "You have brought shame upon yourselves and your family."

He said "at least £63,000 can been shown to have been received by the fund", and added that this did not include cash donations.

The defendants "went out of their way" to ensure that proper records were not kept, he said.

Any good works done in the past would be "forever tainted by their dishonest and disreputable conduct", he added.


I always like the way British reporters report news and how their lawyers analyses criminal activities.

Franzinni:
UK prison nah house arrest nah... Even ps4 dey there... They for send am come kuje!

Were you enjoying the PS4 when you were there? And how long did you stay in kuje?

Vizzim:
With all the good things they could have done with the charity. They just had to spoil their Family name with a few cash.

Lesson gotto from this story, please don't wait until retirement before thinking of a retirement plan.

Vizzim:
With all the good things they could have done with the charity. They just had to spoil their Family name with a few cash.

Lesson gotto from this story, please don't wait until retirement before thinking of a retirement plan.

Vizzim:
With all the good things they could have done with the charity. They just had to spoil their Family name with a few cash.

Lesson gotto from this story, please don't wait until retirement before thinking of a retirement plan.

few cash abi...

Chai a whole family of fraudsters . Greed is dangerous

The sad thing is they fooled themselves for paltry sums.
Being former Sportsmen, it's very disgraceful.

I mean you played for over a decade, earning nothing less than 20k monthly, only to get jailed for 65k fraud. Shame!

dominique:
I remember Efe Sodje from 2002 world cup in Korea/Japan, the guy with the green bandana. Why did they have to do that naa

Yeah,the guy who couldn't even trap a ball..according to Taribo West,shitty player..

Waffi no dey carry lass...
Efe come and see special number to revive your "music career"....
NCAN CORRESPONDENT... Onitsha head bridge signing out.
Outta here

dominique:
I remember Efe Sodje from 2002 world cup in Korea/Japan, the guy with the green bandana. Why did they have to do that naa

Greed

Freddyjimoh:
A sporting family siphoned off cash from their own charity set up to help African children, it can be reported.

Ex-footballers Efe Sodje, 46, and Stephen Sodje, 43, and ex-rugby player Bright Sodje, 52, were found guilty and jailed for the fraud in 2017.

The case can only be reported now following the conclusion of a separate trial involving former Reading and Nigeria footballer Sam Sodje, 39.

Earlier on Monday, he was cleared at the Old Bailey of money laundering.

The fraud trial in 2017 had heard how the family set up the Sodje Sports Foundation (SSF) in 2009, ostensibly to help provide facilities in Nigeria.

However, cash raised at black-tie dinners, auctions, charity football matches and a clay pigeon shoot went into Sodje bank accounts, prosecutor Julian Christopher QC said.

In once instance, in 2011, there was a gala dinner at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester for the SSF and the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

The £150-a-head black-tie event raised almost £11,500, but Mr Christopher said "not a penny" went to the hospital.

Judge Michael Topolski QC told the defendants: "You have brought shame upon yourselves and your family."

He said "at least £63,000 can been shown to have been received by the fund", and added that this did not include cash donations.

The defendants "went out of their way" to ensure that proper records were not kept, he said.

Any good works done in the past would be "forever tainted by their dishonest and disreputable conduct", he added.

Stephen Sodje, of Bexley, was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for receiving £30,000 in charity funds.

Efe Sodje, of Cheadle in Greater Manchester, who was "the face" of the charity, was given 18 months in jail for receiving £7,500 from the SSF and an unknown amount from a clay pigeon shooting event.

Bright Sodje, of Sale in Greater Manchester, was jailed for 21 months for receiving £3,000 from the charity and signing cheques to other family members totalling £18,000.

Reporting restrictions meant the brothers' convictions could only be reported following the conclusion of the separate money-laundering case.

Efe Sodje was cleared of money laundering at the Old Bailey in January 2018 but Emmanuel Ehikhamen, 53, of south-east London, and Andrew Oruma, 50, of Bexley, south London, were convicted.

The case against Sam Sodje collapsed and his retrial began on 7 January 2019.

Mr Sodje, who also played for Charlton Athletic, Brentford and Leeds United during his career, was charged with four counts of taking part in a fraud in which bank accounts were used to channel money from companies around the world.

He was found not guilty of two of the charges on 14 January and cleared of the remaining two counts earlier on Monday.

Another of the brothers, Akpo Sodje, 37, was implicated but moved to Dubai and refused to return to Britain for questioning.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-46946503

A country where things work. So many NGOs in Nigeria diverting charity money, but the system is weak to apprehend them.

All the millions of pounds wey Efe Sodje aquire durin his time in football wetin im take am do? abi u spent all d money on olosho and gambling and dat lead yu to being broke and go into scam? this is wat they call grace to grass.

Franzinni:
UK prison nah house arrest nah... Even ps4 dey there... They for send am come kuje!

you don go there??

What did they use their earnings for?

We are together. You are on point

TheShopKeeper:
...if this happened in Nigeria, it will be treated as political witch-hunt or persecution because they are from a certain ethnic group...in short their past sporting careers is now in tatters...

One of the guys was caught on hidden camera for match fixing. The bet was that a player was going to receive a red card during the match. The guy deliberately kicked an opponent without any provocation to receive the card. The secret recording was played on national TV. Disgraceful

dullardpmb:
Warri boys don carry last finally.

Don't tell anyone I told you this. Warri boys Don dey carry last since 1960.

This your talk na federal government propaganda to make dem feel say them sharp. shhhhh