The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has told a Federal High Court, in Abuja,how a private lawyer to the late Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Inde Dikko, Mr. Umar Hussaini, allegedly laundered N1.1 billion belonging to the NCS.
Mr. Hussaini is facing a 2-count charge of obtaining money by false pretense contrary to and punishable under the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006 before Justice Ijeoma Ojokwu, of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
An operative of the Commission, Mrs. Yetunde Ope Faniran,while testifying as a witness at the resumed trial, told the court that Mr. Hussaini, who was a private solicitor to late Dikko, received the sum of N1.1 billion as “completion security deposit’ for the sale of 120 housing units for officers of NCS from Cambial Nigeria Limited, through his law firm, Capital Law Office, under the false pretence that he was an external solicitor to Nigeria Custo
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Published 12 March 2021
The House of Representatives’ ad hoc committee set up to audit arms and ammunition procured by the Armed Forces has criticised the new Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, for failing to appear before it in person.
The House Ad Hoc Committee on the Need to Review the Purchase, Use and Control of Arms, Ammunition and Related Hardware by Military, Paramilitary and Other Law Enforcement Agencies in Nigeria held its first investigative hearing in Abuja on Friday, where the COAS was represented by the Commandant, Army War College Nigeria, Maj.-Gen. Charles Ofoche.
In its continuing effort to tackle both petty and grand corruption in Nigeria, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has once again led the arrest of 33 Federal Road Safety Corps officials and a fifth man who is a civilian for allegedly extorting money from motorists on highways across the country.
In a joint operation, code-named Operation Tranquility V, comprising officers of ICPC, Department of State Services (DSS) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), raids were carried out simultaneously recently in five locations nationwide which yielded the following arrests: five FRSC officials and a civilian at Onitsha Head Bridge, and eleven FRSC officials on Awka – Onitsha Road, both in Anambra State; eight FRSC officials on Calabar – Bakassi Road, Cross River State; four FRSC officials at Hawan Kibo, Jos Road, Plateau State; and five FRSC officials on Oboloafor – Enugu Road, Enugu State.
Blind 71-year-old Lawyer Accuses FHA Of Fraud In Property Allocation, Cries For Help
After several efforts to get his building back, he said the ICPC investigated the alleged fraudulent practices levelled against the FHA after a report was lodged, and it confirmed that the said building was reallocated fraudulently.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Mar 11, 2021
A physically-challenged 71-year-old lawyer, Mr. Isaac Kilanko has narrated how his property was fraudulently taken over and re-allocated to WEMA Bank without his consent by some officials of the Federal House Authority ( FHA), under the Ministry of Works and Housing, Abuja.
After several efforts to get his building back, he said the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC ) investigated the alleged fraudulent practices levelled against the FHA after a report was lodged, and it confirmed that the said building was reallocated fraudulently, and mandated the FHA to hand over the property to the
Fashola s Aide Confirms Blind Lawyer s Property Taken Over By FHA, Asks Him To Check Back For Update
The Special Adviser to the Minister on Media, Hakeem Bello who made this known in a phone interview with SaharaReporters, said he had linked the aged lawyer with the director of FHA for assistance.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Mar 11, 2021
The Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday said the ministry had intervened in the case of the 75-year-old lawyer, Isaac Kilanko, whose property was allegedly taken over by the Federal House Authority (FHA).
The Special Adviser to the Minister on Media, Hakeem Bello who made this known in a phone interview with SaharaReporters, said he had linked the aged lawyer with the director of FHA for assistance.