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A Nigerian-American forensic psychologist and criminal justice expert, Professor John Egbeazien Oshodi, has described the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, as a “man of integrity” who is building the anti-graft agency beyond his personality. Oshodi, in a commentary on Monday, said Olukoyede was strengthening professional systems within the EFCC, developing young officers, recovering public assets, promoting preventive measures and building public confidence in lawful anti-corruption enforcement. He said the EFCC chairman’s leadership was particularly significant because Olukoyede appeared focused not merely on his personal visibility but on strengthening the institution he heads. “Olukoyede is…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of two fraudsters, Agboola Abdullahi Abiodun and Victor Okonjo, before Justice F. N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, for offences bordering on money laundering and fraudulent impersonation. The convicts were separately arraigned on charges bordering on money laundering and cybercrime offences. Agboola was arraigned on a three-count charge, one count of which reads: “That you, AGBOOLA ABDULLAHI ABIODUN, sometime in 2025 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, indirectly disguised part of the origin…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, facilitated the extradition of Mudashiru Afeez Olawale and Adebola Festus Adekunle to the United States of America (U.S.) to face prosecution for allegedly sexually extorting two teenage boys in the U.S., resulting in their deaths. Olawale and Adekunle were identified in separate investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into sextortion schemes targeting male minors, particularly those between the ages of 13 and 17, which allegedly resulted in the deaths of two minors. The schemes allegedly involved the use of Child…
Justice Friday Ogazi of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to produce detained Lagos social media influencer and businessman, Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as “KC Luxury,” in court after he allegedly spent 14 days in the agency’s custody without being formally charged. The court also directed the anti-narcotics agency to respond within five days to the fundamental rights application challenging Afolabi’s continued detention and to show cause why he should not be released or admitted to bail. Justice Ogazi made the orders on Thursday following an ex parte application…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called on whistleblowers across the world to provide useful and actionable intelligence to the Commission on monetary and non-monetary assets allegedly stashed abroad by corrupt Nigerians. He made the call on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, while delivering a lecture at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime in the United Kingdom. According to him, anyone with credible information on the whereabouts of Nigerian assets taken or concealed abroad could come forward to assist the country in recovering them. He said such whistleblowers would be eligible…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, says the anti-graft agency has secured the forfeiture of cash and assets worth more than $500 million to the Federal Government in the past three years. Olukoyede disclosed this on Wednesday while delivering a lecture at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime in the United Kingdom. “Within three years of my assumption of office, we’ve been able to forfeit both cash and assets worth over half a billion dollars to the government,” he said. The EFCC Chairman explained that Nigeria’s legal framework empowers the Commission to seek…
The African Students Union Parliament (ASUP), on Friday, August 21, 2026, commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, for his leadership and efforts in the fight against corruption and economic and financial crimes in Nigeria. The students presented Olukoyede with the Pan-African Leadership Hall of Fame Award as Africa’s Patriotic Icon of Integrity and Leadership during a courtesy visit to the Commission’s Corporate Headquarters. Speaking on behalf of the delegation, the Nigerian representative of ASUP, Comrade James Uneze, said the award was in recognition of Olukoyede’s contributions to nation-building and his efforts…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has ordered the withdrawal of charges preferred against Maryam Isah Shehu and Abubakar Shuraim Abdulhamad, who were arraigned on Thursday, August 21, 2026, before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged cybercrime and the dissemination of malicious information against the Commission. While the Commission considered the arraignment of the two defendants for alleged cyberstalking under Section 24(2)(c) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015, as amended in 2024, and punishable under Section 24(2)(c)(ii) of the same Act, the Executive Chairman nonetheless…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Maryam Isah Shehu and Abubakar Shuraim Abdulhamad before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged cybercrime and the peddling of malicious information against the Commission. While Shehu was arraigned on Thursday, August 20, 2026, on an amended one-count charge bordering on cybercrime and wilful character assassination of the Commission through her Instagram handle, Abdulhamad was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on cybercrime and the criminal fabrication of the identity of the EFCC. The charge against Shehu reads: “That you, Maryam Isah Shehu, on or about the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has opposed the bail applications filed by 10 defendants standing trial over the alleged operation of a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in a forest in Ogun State, describing them as flight risks who could evade trial if released. Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos, after hearing arguments from both sides, adjourned until September 2, 2026, for ruling on the defendants’ bail applications. The defendants are Anochili Innocent, Juan Carlos Meza Torrero, Nemecio Martinez Felix, Jesus Lopez Valles, Nwankwo Sunday Christian, Egwuonwu Uchenna Victor, Igwe Abuchi Remijus, Ifeanyichukwu Chibuike Joshua, Omonughwa…