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BBC - 8 August 2019

Soldiers in Nigeria have shot dead a civilian and three police officers who were transporting a suspected criminal.

The police say the officers were taking a man believed to be behind several kidnappings to a police station in the north-eastern Taraba state.

The troops fired at the undercover police because they mistook them for kidnappers, according to the military.

The police say the soldiers released the handcuffed suspect, who is on the run. Four other people were injured.

Soldiers were not aware of a covert police operation in the area so they took notice when a member of the public made a distress call about suspected kidnappers, the military said in a statement.

The undercover police then refused to stop at three military checkpoints which prompted a "hot pursuit", according to the statement. One of the wounded then told the soldiers they were undercover policemen.

The military described it as a case of mistaken identity.

The police, however, said the officers were shot at several times by the soldiers "despite sufficient proof that they [were] police personnel on legitimate duty".

After the shooting, the soldiers released the handcuffed suspect, according to the police, who named him as Alhaji Hamisu, allegedly a "notorious kidnap kingpin" involved in high-profile kidnaps.

The police have opened an investigation into what they call a "bizarre and unfortunate" incident.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested the duo of Ademola Babajide Adeniyi, a serving youth corps member, and Onabuke Adedokun Kenny, a graduate of the North American University, for alleged Internet fraud.

The suspects were arrested on July 30, 2019 at Novojo Estate, Sangotedo Ajah, Lagos, during a raid by operatives of the EFCC.

In his statement to the EFCC, the first suspect, Adeniyi, stated that he collected six iphone 8 and 4 Apple laptops from his unsuspecting victims, which he sold for over N1m (One Million Naira).

Items found on the suspects at the point of arrest include laptops, scam emails, pictures of some female victims, phones and a 2015 Honda Accord car.

In a related development, operatives of EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, have arrested a suspected member of a syndicate of internet fraudsters, Oriyomi Adeoye, in Lagos.

Adeoye was arrested on July 26, 2019 at Flanky Berry, Novojo Estate, Sangotedo Ajah, Lagos, for his alleged involvement in fraudulent activities and computer-related fraud.

Items found on him include Apple Laptops, scam emails, payment slips, cashier cheques and several fraudulent documents.

The suspects will be charged to court soon.

The Makurdi Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned four suspected internet fraudsters before Honourable Justice N.E Maha, of the Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja, on a different count charges bordering on obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N2, 560,000 (Two Million, Five Hundred And Sixty Thousand Naira) only.

The four suspects are Charles Chijoke Iwu, Quarshie Federick Nnamdi, Emmanuel Adekole Ogbole and Dare Ademoyegun Samson.

They were arrested in March 2019 in Makurdi, Benue State, during a sting operation following intelligence report on thier fraudulent activities.

Investigations revealed that the suspects defrauded one Tonnathiu Arzeta, to the tune of N2, 560,000 (Two Million, Five Hundred And Sixty Thousand Naira) only, by falsely presenting themselves as an American citizen currently working with the US military serving in Kabul Afghanistan.

The suspects were arraigned with different charges for an alleged internet fraud.

After charges were read to them, they all pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges.

Counsel to the prosecution, Y.Y Karfa, in view of the ‘no guilty’ plea of the defendants, prayed the court for a new trial date and prayed that the defendants be remanded in prison custody.

Justice Maha ordered that the defendant be remanded in Kuje prison and adjourned the matter to August 21, 22 and 26, 2019, for trial.

na laik bi one diss 9 gorts dey go bi inside life.

Inside life. God will purnish.

di conviction dey 9 gorts, nor dey only 4.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on July 22, 2019 secured the conviction of nine internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo Boys before Justice Muawiyah Baba Idris of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Nyanya.

The convicts are: Chinaka Chijioke a serving member of National Youth Corps Service, NYSC; Tunde Azeez, Okeke Dinnie, Iboy Kelly, Ejechi Clarence, Ogagaoghene Favour, Elvis Albert, Ojike Peace and Kelvin Audu.

The internet fraudsters were arraigned and convicted on separate and different count charges that included cheating, impersonation and obtaining by false pretense, which are offences that run contrary to Sections 321, 320(a) and Section 95 and 322 of the Panel Code Law of Northern Nigeria 1990 and punishable under Section 324 of the same Law.

The nine accused persons, pleaded guilty to the different charges against them.

Following their plea, the prosecution counsel informed the court that there was a plea bargain agreement between the prosecution and defence teams, duly signed by both parties and therefore urged the court to convict and sentence the defendants according to the terms of the agreement.

Justice Idris likewise convicted the 9 defendants as charged. He adjourned the case to July 25, 29 and 30 2019 for sentencing and ordered that they be remanded in prison custody.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on July 25, 2019 arraigned five internet fraudsters before Justice N.E. Maha of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

They include, Efe Obed, Igwe Ajoku, Ifeanyi Godwin, Solomon Chimaobi and Egekone Emeka.

They were charged with different counts bordering on cheating and impersonation, offences contrary to Section 22(2)(b)(ii) of the Penal Code, Law of the Federation of Nigeria 1990 and punishable under the same Act.

Based on the weight of evidence gathered against them, they all opted to enter a plea bargain with the prosecution.

Subsequently, they pleaded “guilty” to the charges filed against them.

The prosecution further confirmed to the court the plea bargain agreement with the defence, which was duly signed by both parties, and urged the court to convict and sentence them based on the terms of the agreement entered.

Justice Maha, however, asked the counsel to bring the receipt of the transaction and other necessary document for proper record keeping.

Counsel for the EFCC, Maryam Ahmed, also applied for a date to review the facts of the cases as requested by the judge.

The trial judge, thereafter, adjourned to August 2, 5, and 6, 2019 and ordered that Godwin, Egekone, and Obed should be remanded in prison, while Ajoku and Chimaobi should be remanded in EFCC custody.

Phoools?

9JA Dey Too Many Goats!

Fulls?

Gorts pass all

All 9 gorts. God will pornish?

God go purnish.

Goats!

Punish

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office has arrested two suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation.

The suspects are Kolawole Adesina 27 and Ugochukwu Azolibe Daniel 24. They were arrested at Ville Ayan beside Princess Serah Hotel, Keffi, Nasarawa state.

Their arrest was based on intelligence on the alleged suspicious activities.

Items recovered from them include laptops, phones, several sim cards of various mobile telecommunication network, modems, flash drives and several ATMs card.

They will be charge to court soon.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office on Wednesday July 17, 2019 secured the conviction of two internet fraudsters before Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The convicts are Obanore Edson Ehimen and Paul Odion Oghiator. they were arraigned on a One count charge respectively for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence and impersonation. Specifically, Oghiator on Facebook impersonated the identity of James Minh, an American and subsequently sent documents to unsuspecting ladies with intent to defraud them.

The charge against Ogiator reads: "That you Paul Odion Oghiator (Alias James Minh) sometimes between 2018 and June 2019 in Warri, Delta State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did fraudulently impersonate in your FaceBook account the identity of one James Minh, an American and sends documents to unsuspecting ladies through the internet with documents you claim emanated from the said James Minh with the internet to obtain money from the ladies and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22(2)(b)(ii) of the Cybercrimes (prohibition, prevention etc) Act 2015 and punishable under Section 22(2)(b)(iv) of the same Act”.

When the charge was read, the defendants pleaded guilty.

In view of their plea, prosecution counsel, Fredrick Dibang told the court to convict and sentence the defendants in accordance with the plea bargain agreement between the prosecution and defence counsel.

Justice Omotosho consequently sentenced the defendants to 12 months imprisonment each. The court also ruled that Ehimen forfeits the sum of N620,000 (Six hundred and Twenty thousand naira) in his GT Bank account to the Federal government of Nigeria while Oghiator was fined the sum of Two hundred thousand naira.

The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday July 16, 2019, secured the conviction of four suspected fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo Boys before Justice M.T Tukur of the State High Court, sitting in Kaduna, the state capital.

The convicts are: Idris Ibrahim, Martin Anda Adeku, Osahorun Osa and Uyiekpen Gabriel Etiosa who were all convicted on one-count charge each. They were arrested by the EFCC on July 3, 2019 at Barnawa area of Kaduna State.

Idris Ibrahim and Martin Anda Adeku were arraigned for impersonation and cheating two foreigners namely: Vicki Choate and Griftin James respectively of thousands of dollars, steam power cards and lots more. The convicts made use of phish email addresses and Facebook, where they impersonated American soldiers on peace-keeping mission in Afganistan which is contrary to Section 308 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same Law.

Osa Osahoroun and Uyiekpen Gabriel Etiosa were arraigned for attempting to impersonate and cheat unsuspecting foreign citizens using fraudulent email addresses contrary to Section 57 of the Penal Code Law of Kaduna State 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same law.

They all pleaded guilty to the charges preferred against them.

In view of their separate guilty pleas, the EFCC legal team comprising, Sa'ad Hanafi Sa'ad, Jamil Musa, Esmond Kogi Garba, Onyeka Ekweozor, Maryam Lawal PC. Onyenecho informed the court of a plea bargain agreement they entered as defendants with the Commission.

Counsels to the first and second defendants V.C Iroagalachi and counsel to the third and fourth defendants M.A Ahakunna corroborated that a plea bargain agreement has been reached by the prosecution and defence counsels and that the judge should go ahead and convict the accused persons accordingly.

Justice Tukur sentenced Idris Ibrahim and Martins Anda Abeku to five years imprisonment each and option of N200,000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira) fine. He ordered that all items recovered from them be forfeited to the federal government and that they must write an undertaken stating that they will henceforth disassociate themselves from fraudulent activities.

Osahoroun Osas was sentenced to two years imprisonment and Uyiekpen Gabriel Etiosa, six months with an option of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) fine applicable to both. Also all items recovered from are to be forfeited to the federal government and they are also to write undertaking, declaring that they will not indulge in any fraudulent activity henceforth.

Justice!

A graduate of Insurance from the Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, Olabode Oyaremi, was on Monday, July 15, 2019 convicted of criminal impersonation and sentenced to four months in prison.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, arraigned him before Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Judicial Division.

The 24-year-old was arrested on March 23, 2019 at Kolapo Ishola Estate, Akobo area in Ibadan by operatives of the Commission for internet-related offences. He was subsequently brought before Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Judicial Division.

He fraudulently represented himself as one Angelina Kimberly, an American nurse, via an e-mail angelinakimberly126@gmail.com to perpetrate online fraud.

His actions contravened Section 22 (2) of Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention Etc) Act, 2015, and punishable under Section 22 (2)(b)(iv) of the same Act.

Based on evidence gathered against him by investigators, he entered into a plea bargain agreement with the EFCC, and pleaded "guilty" to the one-count charge.

Due to the guilty plea, counsel for the EFCC, Sanusi Galadanchi, prayed the court to convict him in accordance with the plea bargain agreement.

The presiding judge upheld the prayer and pronounced him guilty as charged and sentenced him to four months in prison.

The court also ordered Oyaremi to restitute the sum of $3,600 (Three Thousand, Six Hundred United States Dollars) to his victim, through the Federal Government of Nigeria.

He will equally forfeit his Apple laptop, Toshiba laptop, one Samsung Galaxy Luna Pro, one iPhone, one Nokia phone, one Apple watch, and one Smile 4G internet modem to the Federal Government of Nigeria, being items he bought with the proceeds of his fraudulent Act.

Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, the state capital on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 ordered 41-year-old Hammed Folorunsho Lanre, a civil engineer to be remanded in Mandala Prison, Ilorin.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office is prosecuting Lanre on a two-count charge, bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery and impersonation.

Justice Abdulgafar gave the order following an oral application by the prosecuting counsel, Andrew Akoja, who urged the court to remand the defendant in prison since his bail application has not been properly filed before the court.

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the EFCC had on Tuesday, July 8, 2019 arraigned Lanre in court, and he pleaded not guilty to the charges.

During today's proceedings, Babatunde Shittu, one of the prosecution's star witnesses told Justice Abdulgafar that following the petitioner's allegation that Stanbic IBTC illegally withdrew the sum of N540,000 (Five Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira) from his account, the EFCC invited the petitioner, who adopted his petition on May 26, 2019.

"I led a team of operatives to Stanbic IBTC. The bank officials brought the complainant's statement of account which analysis revealed that the deducted money was transferred into a Bet9ja's account," Shittu said.

According to the witness, "We sent the information to Bet9ja and they gave us the details of their customer who has the account with them which happened to be the name of the defendant, Lanre.

We later sent a memo to our Lagos office to help locate and arrest the accused person. He was arrested and shown the petition and he denied the allegations.

During our investigations, we discovered that N540,000 (Five Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira) was credited into his Bet9ja's account. He moved N130,000 (One Hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira) into his FCMB account immediately. We equally discovered that he transferred the money from his friend's account.

"We also discovered his friend (the petitioner) gave him his phone to access FaceBook and along the line, he had accessed his pin and withdrew his money."

Justice Abdulgafar adjourned the matter to July 18, 2019 for further hearing.

The EFCC just reported that on 12 July 2019 they successfully captured a wanted fugitive and internet fraudster; Mr. Dan Peter Aghagha during a sting operation as Mr. Aghagha re-entered into Nigeria.

Mr. Aghagha was traveling to Lagos from his new base in Sierra Leone and was caught transporting 2 large bags filled with illegal black money contraband intended for criminal activities.

Investigations revealed that Mr. Aghagha was planning to conduct a Wash-Wash scam in Lagos and to dupe a young British couple that had flown in to meet him from Manchester England. Mr. Aghagha the fraudster had already conned the subject British couple out of a total of nearly US$24,000 via an email scam pertaining to Sierra Leone gold dust 2 months prior. Mr. Aghagha has been known to use the following email addresses when running his Yahoo scams: danpeteraghagha@gmail.com and bobmark881@gmail.com

The following photos first went viral on social media in early March, and were then brought to the attention of the EFCC when Mr. Aghagha posted these images on both his Facebook and Instagram accounts to promote his 419 activities while also attempting to encourage other homosexual male Nigerian Yahooze to join his so called gay-guyman occult.

The EFCC had been monitoring Aghagha’s activities and had tapped his cell phones at the time of the release of his photos in March, which then lead to his successful capture as he re-entered onto Nigerian soil last Friday.

Aghagha has been charged by the EFCC with violating the Nigerian 419 criminal code. He was also charged with transporting illegal goods, charged with criminal intent to defraud, and for breaking the new law set in early 2019 which forbids the promotion of any forms of gay sexualism on social media platforms to other Nigerians.

Aghagha is now being held in Lagos detention center awaiting trial and is due to appear in Lagos state criminal court for his subject charges to be heard by the court in early August.

bi mugu pass all

Diss nor dey cow oooo. Mugu dey furk horse.

God punish.

Operatives of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt's Zonal Office, have arrested seventeen (17) suspected internet fraudsters at their hotel hideout in Warri, Delta State. They were arrested on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in a sting operation.

The suspects are: Jolomi Jemide; Suo Ajorbuku; Wilson Chukwuma; Faith Umukoro; Felix Fimber; Isaac Boro; Emmanuel Etanoma; Aghogho Ovuakporaye; Tokoma Mbabov; Tom Wisdom; Elvis Imannivwie; Chinedu Chukwu; Okojikoko Presley; Nyore Arkoro; Godwin Etanoma; Morris Victor and Elvis Okorare.

Their arrest followed series of intelligence report linking them with alleged fraudulent activities ranging from love scam on numerous dating sites, obtaining money by false pretences and other fraud still being investigated.

Several items were recovered from them at the point of arrest. Some of them are three exotic cars, Lexus ES300, Mercedes Benz C300 and Toyota Camry. Mobile phones of various brands were also recovered from them.

The suspects will soon be charged to court.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 11, 2019, secured the conviction and sentencing of four internet fraudsters, Shotayo Ahmed, Ale Olugbenga Abraham, Preye Kinsley and Akintoye Toluwalope for possession of fraudulent documents before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.

One of the counts reads: "That you, Shotayo Ahmed, on or about the 8th day of December, 2018 at Lagos, within the Ikeja Judicial Division of this Honourable Court, had in your possession an email opened with the name madeleinepalm133@yahoo.com, wherein you chatted with a white man represented yourself to be a lady in order to create a relationship to entice him to give you money which document was printed out from your email account madeleinepalm133@yahoo.com in your presence, which you ought to know, having regards to the circumstances of the case, that the document contains the false pretence."

Also on Thursday, July 11, 2019, Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, convicted and sentenced four internet fraudsters, Ibrahim Habeeb Olalekan, Ogunlami Adetokunbo Gabriel, Adeosun Adeyemi and Sadiq Adeola, to one year imprisonment each for possession of fraudulent documents.

One of the counts reads: "That you, Ibrahim Habeeb Olalekan, on or about the 13th day of June, 2019, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, had in your possession document titled "persona Info”, where you represented yourself as Nancy Crawhorn (a female), which representations you knew or ought to have known to be false." They pleaded guilty to the charges preferred against them by the Commission when they were arraigned.

In view of their pleas of guilt, the prosecution counsels, Samuel Daji, E.S.Okon and Ukemruwem Anana, informed the court that the defendants had entered into a "plea bargain" with the EFCC.

Consequently, the facts of the case against the defendants were reviewed by the prosecution.

The prosecution counsels informed Justice Taiwo’s court of the defendants' confessional statements to the EFCC and that several items were recovered from them.

Their statements as well as documents recovered from them were tendered and admitted in evidence by the court.

In view of this, the prosecution urged the court to “convict the defendants as charged in the plea bargain agreement".

Justice Taiwo, after perusing the facts before the court, convicted and sentenced both Ahmed and Abraham to three months imprisonment each.

The Judge also convicted and sentenced Kinsley and Toluwalope to four months imprisonment each.

All items recovered from the defendants were ordered to be forfeited to the Federal Government.

Justice Taiwo further gave Ahmed, Toluwalope and Abraham an "option of fine" of N250, 000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) each.

The Judge, however, refused Kinsley an option of fine.

The defendants before Justice Dada also pleaded guilty to the charges when they were read to them. In view of their pleas of guilt, the prosecution informed the court that the defendants had entered into a "plea bargain" with the EFCC.

The facts of the case against the defendants were reviewed by the prosecution. The prosecution also told the court that the defendants wrote confessional statements to the EFCC and that several items were recovered from them.

The defendants’ statements to the EFCC as well as the documents recovered from them were tendered and admitted in evidence by the court. The prosecution, therefore, urged the court to convict the defendants as charged in the plea bargain agreement".

After going through the facts of the case before the court, Justice Dada convicted and sentenced the defendants to one year imprisonment each.

The Judge also ordered that all items recovered from the convicts be forfeited to the Federal Government. Justice Dada, however, gave the convicts an option of fine of N250, 000 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) each.

The Judge further ordered the convicts to write an "undertaking" with the EFCC, promising never to go back to the crime.

The convicts were further ordered to be remanded in prison custody pending the fulfillment of the option of fine.

The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 9, 2019, secured the conviction of five internet fraudsters better known as Yahoo Boys before Justice Simon Aboki of the Nasarawa State High court, sitting in Lafia, the state capital.

The convicts are: Peter Olu Tsetimi, 32; Edward Yusuf, 26; Adekunle Anderson Ogunbiyi, 24; Isaac Dark Obozokhai, 25; and Samuel Kofi Eruese, 24. Their journey to prison followed intelligence report received by the Kaduna Zonal Office of the EFCC, concerning a fraudsters syndicate, which was holding sway around Mararaba, Nyanya and Karu axis in Nasarawa State and Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

Tsetimi was arraigned on a two-count charge, bordering on cheating by using his Skype account to pose as Gwen Caldwell, an offence which contravenes Section 95 of the Penal Code Laws of Northern Nigeria, 1963. Yusuf faced a one-count charge of cheating and obtaining by false pretence by feigning to be one Ben M. a geologist at Oil-Dril Corporation of America using a false email account, an offence that contravenes Section 95 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria, 1963.

Ogunbiyi was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on cheating by sending scam e-mails using Instagram an offence that is contrary to Section 95 Penal Code Law, Cap 89 Laws of the Northern Nigeria, 1963.

On his part, Obozokhai was arraigned on a one-count charge of cheating by pretending to be one Clark Mullins and and sending scam e-mails through which he defrauded one Lynn Dianna Bowel of USD$5,000, an offence which is contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Law and punishable under Section 324 of the same Law, while Eruese was arraigned on a one-count charge of cheating by pretending to be Isaac Lucas and a citizen of Barcelona, Spain residing in Atlanta, Georgia, a false pretence through which he defrauded unsuspecting victims using false e-mail account, an offence that contravenes Section 95 of the Penal Code Law of Northern Nigeria, 1963.

They all pleaded guilty to the charges against them. In view of their separate guilty plea, the prosecution team comprising, S. H. Sa'ad, Jamil Musa, Onyeka Ekweozor, Precious Onyeneho, Maryam Lawal and Matiyak John informed the court of a plea bargain agreement they entered with the EFCC and urged that they be convicted accordingly.

The defence counsel, Sule Akome, however, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing his clients.

In his judgement, Justice Aboki convicted and sentenced Isaac Dark Obozokhai to one year imprisonment or an option of N50,000 fine, Peter Olu Tsetimi also got one year imprisonment with an option of N20,000 fine. In the same vein, Adekunle Anderson Ogunbiyi was convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment with N40000 option of fine.

Similarly, Edward Yusuf was also convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment with an option of N40,000 fine, while Samuel Kofi Eruese was equally convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment with N40000 option of fine.

abeg all diss fools bi polite na quietly go hang self from pole in market. mek i buy them di rope oooo