The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, denied dropping charges of money laundering against former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke.

The denial followed media reports (NOT on Igbere TV) that the agency had dropped the charges against the ex-AGF following alleged expunging of his name from INTERPOL’s “wanted persons list”.

“The EFCC wishes to make it abundantly clear that, Mr. Adoke is standing trial in two separate courts: Federal High Court, Abuja before Justice Inyang Ekwo in Suit Number: FHC/ABJ/CR39/2017 and FCT High Court, Gwagwalada before Justice Idris Kutigi in Suit Number: FCT/CR/151/2020,” the EFCC said in a statement emailed to Igbere TV.

Adoke was re-arraigned alongside an Abuja-based businessman, Aliyu Abubakar before Justice Ekwo on June 17, 2020 on seven-count charges, bordering on money laundering.

The re-arraignment was occasioned by the transfer of the case from Justice Binta Nyako, before whom he was originally arraigned on February 8, 2020.

Adoke was equally arraigned before Justice Kutigi alongside others on January 23, 2020 on 42-count charges bordering on the Malabu Oil scam.

“There is another subsisting case involving Malabu Oil & Gas Limited, Aliyu Abubakar and five companies allegedly involved in money laundering charges before Justice Ekwo. They were arraigned on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 in Suit Number: FHC/ABJ/CR/268/2016,” the EFCC added.

“Media reports about the removal of Adoke’s name from the “Wanted Persons’ List” by the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol), are unnecessary and misleading, since he had been arrested and facing trial already in Nigeria.

“A suspect cannot be on a “Wanted Persons’ List” and be facing trial in court at the same time.
The EFCC wishes to reiterate its commitment to global best practices in its operations and would not be distracted from its assigned mandate of ridding the nation of all forms of economic and financial crimes.”

allthingsgood:
Adoke is one of the wealthiest looters of Jonathan's tenure. Infact he's the weathiest. Diezani was like his housegirl

Uckroot:


You people don’t exercise your brain. If Deziani stole as they said she did WHY did she ask to be extradited to Nigeria and MAGU DISAGREED? Why did the efcc never lodge a complaint to the British government for the arrest of deziani and subsequent extradition for trial?

Some of you don’t think. Is that how you fight corruption?
You let the “criminal” walk and still keeping rubbishing her name in the media? Today her box of jewelry is worth 2.5m dollars, tomorrow is 12.2 million, is that how jewelry price ascends in months?
Some of you don’t think. Sit down and ask yourself.
If

allthingsgood:


U are just insulting people when u are the one that has refused to apply ur brain. Diezani asked to be returned to naija because she believed she could use political influence and bribery to get off the hook. When she learned she that was not going to be possible she rather chose to buy citizenship of another country as their diplomat. Use ur sense ok and don't let bias becloud your judgment. Diezani and adoke are big time crooks!

Uckroot:


Read your statement AGAIN. She believed she could use political influence in Nigeria MEANWHILE she was right there in the UK!!! Why was she never persecuted? Is it the same Buhari that tried to kidnap dikko from the uk in the 80’s? Is it the same Buhari that has detained Goodluck’s CSA for 5 years plus Is it the same Buhari where every activist is locked up for a very long time? Is it this same Buhari’s government that is “afraid” of Dejiani’s Nigerian influence to the point that they never asked Britain to extradite her

You’re one of those that believe this hoax.

It’s just pathetic that Nigerians believe all this bullshit.

allthingsgood:


You are vomitting bunch of disjointed unrelated comments that mean nothing.
Diezani remains a thief! She will keep running for the rest of her miserable life. That is if cancer doesn't finish her off first

Uckroot:


How come this same karma hasn’t caught any of Abacha’s family or IBB or OBj? Stop crying. I have shown you reasons why efcc is just running in circles finding a scape goat for apc. 5 years have flown by, and people like you still believe that fluke.

allthingsgood:


It's not efcc that arrested diezanni. So what are u blabbing She's a thief

Uckroot:


Okoto. Opata. Go and prove it na. Five years gone and she’s only a criminal in the newspaper. The so called “corruption fighter” himself stole over 1 trillion naira.