COUNTERFEIT TRAVELERS CHEQUES: EFCC arraigns Suspect on 3-count charges

The EFCC, on Monday June 20, 2016, arraigned Favour Omeigba Bello (F) before Justice (Prof) Chuka Augustine Obiozor of the Federal High Court in Lagos State, Ikoyi on 3-count charge bordering on attempt to export counterfeit, Possession of counterfeit and forgery. 

The accused, Bello, was arrested by officials of the NDLEA on January 16, 2016 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airline to Dubai and was later transferred to the EFCC for further investigation.

SP Saraki accuses EFCC of tampering with evidence

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The Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, in his resumed trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal yesterday, accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of tampering with the assets declaration form he submitted on assumption of office as governor of Kwara State.

He made the submission through his defence counsel, Mr. Paul Erokoro (SAN) who was cross-examining the prosecution witness, Michael Wetkast yesterday.

Erokoro said since the property at No. 15a&b Mcdonald Road, Ikoyi Lagos that EFCC accused Saraki of anticipatorily purchasing was not purchased and paid for till 2008, five years after the form was filled in 2003, then “logic tells us the Exhibit 1 has been tampered with.”

BREAKING NEWS: Federal High Court In Lagos Bans Tolls Collection On Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge

A Federal High Court Judge in Lagos, Justice Saliu Saidu, has on Thursday forbidden and barred the Lagos State Government from further collecting of toll fee from users of the Lekki-Ikoyi Suspension Bridge.

The Judge  held that the power of control of all navigable waterways in Nigeria, resides with the federal government.

The suit was instituted against the  Attorney-General of the Federation, the National Inland Waterways Authority, the Lagos State Government and the state Attorney-General by civil rights lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa.