More Trouble for Patience Jonathan as Court Refuses Her Plea to Unfreeze Her $15.591m Accounts

Former First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan's struggle to lift the restraint on her bank accounts, has hit another roadblock.

The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos has refused to grant Mrs. Patience Jonathan’s plea to unfreeze her accounts holding $15.591 million, SaharaReporters reports.

Justice Mohammed Idris had ordered parties to file pleas concerning ownership of the accounts. He, however, described the issues raised by the defendants as “baseless.”

“The issues formulated by all the defendants are baseless. They go to no issue and will be ignored by the court,” the judge said.

“I hold that this court lacks the competence to determine the issues raised by the defendants in their written addresses, having abandoned the specific issues formulated by the plaintiff in the originating summons.

“It is unfortunate. I say this because the issues raised by the defendants appear on the face of it good and deserving to be considered on their merit. But I as I understand it to be the law, sentiment has no basis in the adjudicatory system,” the judge stated.

Justice Idris said where processes are not properly prepared, any defect would render the proceeding fatal, as the court cannot “re-formulate” the issues for determination.

The judge further held that there is still contention over the ownership of the accounts.

“In respect of this issue, the contention appears divided, and there is clearly an air of friction in the proceedings,” the judge said.

According to him, all the counter-affidavits filed by the defendants contained disputed facts that cannot be decided without oral evidence.

“In the light of the above affidavit evidence, it cannot, in my view, be rightly contended that there are no disputed facts of substance as to the ownership of the said funds and the law.

“The issues of fact raised by the defendants herein are not spurious or irrelevant. The affidavit of the plaintiff is also not conjectural.

“In my view, the facts are contentious, and oral evidence needs to be led by the parties herein. In the light of the above facts, this case is generally not suitable for an originating summons procedure.

“In the circumstances, the court hereby orders that the parties herein file pleadings in accordance with the Federal High Court civil procedure rules 2009 and trial shall then proceed accordingly. This is the order of the court,” Justice Idris held.

The commission urged the court not to unfreeze the accounts because the funds they hold are suspected to be proceeds of a crime.

Mrs. Jonathan pleaded to the court in Lagos to order the EFCC to unfreeze the accounts to enable her access the money.

EFCC, Skye Bank Plc, Jonathan’s former aide Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, Pluto Property and Investment Company Ltd, Seagate Property Development and Investment Company Ltd, Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Ltd and Avalon Global Property Development Ltd are the respondents in the case.

The companies, through their representatives, had pleaded guilty to laundering the money on September 15, 2016 when they were arraigned before Justice Babs Kuewumi of the same court.

They were charged along with Dudafa, Briggs and a banker, Adedamola Bolodeoku, for laundering the money.

Unlike the companies, Dudafa, Briggs and Bolodeoku pleaded not guilty to the 17-count charge.

In a supporting affidavit to the suit, Mrs. Jonathan’s aide, Sammie Somiari, said Mr. Dudafa helped the former first lady open the accounts.

He said Mr. Dudafa, on March 22, 2010, brought two Skye Bank officers, Demola Bolodeoku and Dipo Oshodi, to meet Mrs. Jonathan.

The deponent claimed Mrs. Jonathan was the sole signatory to the accounts and that she had no relationship with the companies.

$1.3bn Malabu Scam: EFCC Agents Raid House of Ex-Attorney General's Brother in Search of Dollars

Security operatives believed to be men of the Economic and Financial Crimes commission have carried out a raid at the house of the brother of a former Attorney-General of the Federation.

The immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), says operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission raided the home of his younger brother, Bashir, in Kogi State during the wee hours of Sunday.

According to reports, the raid was carried out as part of investigations into the $1.3bn oil deal involving Malabu Oil and Gas Limited and oil giant, Shell, which was brokered by Adoke in 2011 when he was the AGF.

Adoke said this in a statement by his spokesman, Victor Akhidenor. The former AGF, however, stated that nothing was found during the raid which he described as illegal.

The senior advocate said the operatives of the anti-graft agency assaulted some occupants of the house when they did not find any dollars in the building.

The statement read in part, “The men who arrived Mr. Bello’s house at about 12 midnight in a Hilux van were dressed in black uniform. They did not present any search warrant and when the security man sought to know their mission, they stated that they were in search of money particularly dollars that have been hidden by Mohammed Bello Adoke.

“When the security insisted that the house was not occupied and that no such monies were kept there; they not only brutalized him, but proceeded to hack down the door, tore the place apart and searched virtually every nook and cranny of the house, destroying the furniture, the ceiling, wardrobes, water tank, etc.

“At the end, they left the premises infuriated that they did not find the dollars they were informed was hidden in the house.”

Operatives of the EFCC had last month raided the Kano home of Adoke but were said not to have recovered any money. Adoke, who has been in the Netherlands since 2015, said members of his family were being harassed by the EFCC.

He added, “This will be the second time that security personnel would be invading Mr. Adoke’s home. Last month, officials of the EFCC invaded Mr. Adoke’s family home in Kano in search of documents ostensibly to use to prosecute him.

“There appears to be no end to the level harassment, intimidation, and persecution that Adoke and his family will face at the hands of law enforcement personnel determined to unearth incriminating evidence against him.

“Adoke is apprehensive about his personal safety as well as that of his immediate family and calls on law enforcement personnel to guarantee the safety of his family especially now that he has become a target and subject of harassment, intimidation, and persecution from powerful families and aggrieved individual bent on settling scores with him on account of his refusal to allow his office as a minister in the government of the federation to be used to serve their personal interests.”

All attempts to speak with the EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, on Sunday proved abortive as his phone indicated that it was switched off.

We will not watch you humiliate Ike Ekweremadu – Ohanaeze warns Buhari, EFCC

The Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has warned the Federal Government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, that it will not sit idle and watch the Deputy Senate President,
Senator Ike Ekweremadu being humiliated.


Ohanaeze gave the warning while reacting to a recent alarm raised by Ekweremadu, where he alleged that the EFCC was planning to rope him into a financial mess.

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The anti-graft agency, has since denied the allegation by the Deputy Senate President.

However, Chairman of the Enugu State Chapter of the organisation, Alex Ogbonnia, said the group had reasons to believe that such plot was feasible going by the sequence of events that have taken place since 2015.

According to Ogbonnia, “The denial by the EFCC notwithstanding, we wish to warn, in the strongest terms possible, that the Enugu state chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo will not sit idly by and watch our son being maligned; oppressed or ridiculed by the Presidency or the EFCC.

“We are not unmindful of the fact that this plot gained currency with Senator Ekweremadu’s role in perfecting the bail conditions of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, who was
granted bail recently with stringent conditions.

“For the avoidance of doubt, Senator Ekweremadu did what he was supposed to do in the circumstance as a firm believer in the rule of law and justice.”

Ogbonnia claimed that the Presidency has made several attempts to remove Ekweremadu as Deputy Senate President since his emergence in the 8th Senate.

“Though this matter was officially reported to the security agencies as well as the Presidency, the matter was swept under the carpet. Till date, neither has any arrest been made in connection with the assassination attempt nor any official statement been issued by the government.

“It is in view of the foregoing events that we take seriously the recent revelation by an impeccable source on this grand plot by the
presidency and the EFCC to plant exhibits in the residence of the reverred Senator with intent of framing him up and bringing him to
national and international disrepute,” Ogbonnia added.

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Days after recovering N4bn, EFCC traces another N2bn to another account of PDP gov aspirant in Niger state

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have discovered N2 billion in another account operated by a former PDP governorship aspirant in Niger state and former Commissioner of Local Government in the state, Kantigi Liman. Recall that on April 11th, the agency released a statement saying it discovered N4 billion in the accounts of two companies which he had links with(Read here)
Confirming the recent discovery, a source in the commission said the politician is currently on the run
“He is on the run and all efforts to track him down have been futile. The next option left for the Commission is to declare him wanted” the source said It is believed that the N2 billion deposited in the bank rakes in a monthly interest of over N33million.

Seized $43million: Tell Nigerians who the money belongs to – Saraki dares EFCC

Senate President Bukola Saraki has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is poorly managing the controversy surrounding the $43million recovered from an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos.

Saraki, speaking on Arise News Network, stated that the anti-graft agency had a duty to inform Nigerians who the money belonged to.

The Senate President said the whole confusion surrounding the recovered money, was not good for Nigeria’s image and warned that the National Assembly might need to step in.


“I believe this is something simple that the organisation (EFCC) should manage, even before the speculation started coming out. The circus has to come to end as to whether it belongs to individuals, companies, agencies or a state government.

“We, however, believe they will sort it out and eventually tell Nigerians who owns the money. Nigerians deserve to know. The circus must stop,” he said.

When asked if the EFCC made an error by not monitoring the Osborne Towers, Saraki said: “I would rather not comment and prejudge them because they might come before us.

“But clearly, Nigerians must know, to save us this embarrassment. I believe they should come out and tell us who owns the money. I believe an agency like this should monitor and clear this mess.”

Buhari’s men have buried their loot in Aso Rock – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has alleged that some people close to President Muhammadu Buhari have buried their loot in the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Fayose stated this in response to Lai Mohammed’s statement, where he claimed that looters now bury stolen funds in cemetaries and deep forests.

In a statement issued by the Governor’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, Fayose slammed Mohammed for playing on the intelligence of Nigerians.


“Looters in the Muhammadu Buhari’s presidency, especially those being compensated for funding the election of the president in 2015 bury their own loot in the villa with presidential protection.

“Should it be wrong for other supposed looters that do not have presidential protection like the All Progressives Congress (APC) looters to bury their loots in burial grounds probably for spiritual protection?

“Nigerians can no longer be fooled with stage-managed loots recoveries, with no traceable owners (looters), especially when the loots are traceable to close associates of the president and his cabinet members.

“Obviously, this so-called anti-corruption war has become a laughing stock with N49 million found in Kaduna Airport, N448 million discovered in a shop at Victoria Island, Lagos and N13 billion found in Ikoyi, Lagos neither having owners nor the identities of owners of the property where the money was found known,” the statement read in part.


Fayose also claimed the recovered monies either belonged to those around Buhari or that the government planted them “to sustain its fake anti-corruption fight”.

“It is either the money belongs to members of Buhari’s government or it is being planted by the government to sustain its fake anti-corruption fight in the minds of the people.

“Enough of stage-managed and fake anti-corruption war aimed solely at opposition figures, especially presidential hopefuls in the 2019 election”, he said.

Seized $43million: Amaechi demands N1.25billion compensation from Fani-Kayode, Fayose’s spokesman

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has filed a N500million suit against former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode and Governor Ayodele Fayose’s media aide, Lere Olayinka.

The two men accused Amaechi of being the owner of the $43million, which operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), discovered in a Lagos apartment last week.

In separate letters to Fani-Kayode and Olayinka, the counsel to Amaechi, Lateef Fagbemi, insisted that the allegations levelled against his client were false.


Fagbemi said his client had never owned a home in Lagos and that the “misleading information” was capable of tarnishing Amaechi’s reputation.

“The story as uploaded by you is to our knowledge, blatantly false, malicious and is aimed at impeaching the credit of our client, a two-time speaker of the Rivers state of house of assembly, a two-time governor of Rivers state and current minister of the federation.

“Our client neither owns the house where the cash was found and your story and claim are unfounded,” the letter read.

Fagbemi also said the publication constitutes a libel and is defamatory “aimed at impinging our client’s character and credit in the eyes of Nigerians and foreigners.”


Apart from the demand for an apology from the duo to be published in five national dailies and their Twitter handles, Amaechi specifically asked for the sum of N500million from Fani-Kayode “as compensation for the malicious and defamatory claim”.

He threatened that the amount might increase, if Fani-Kayode fails to address the situation as expected.

Olayinka was asked to also apologize in five national dailies and pay the sum of N750 million “as compensation for the malicious and defamatory claim”,n on his Twitter handle.

Seized $43million: EFCC invites former Governor, others for questioning

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited a former Governor and some others for questioning over the $43million discovered in one of the apartments in Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos.

According to The Nation, the anti-graft agency has identified how apartment 7B where the money was found, was acquired.

The EFCC has also begun investigation into the roles played by some apartment owners and tenants as it concerned movement of the cash into the Towers.


A source said: “The more we investigate this $43.4m haul, the more we get fresh facts. It has become imperative to interact with some owners or tenants of apartments in the Towers.

“We have invited a former governor and other high-profile owners and tenants for interaction. It is just to ask a few questions on whether or not they were aware of such movement of cash.

“We have clues linking some occupants of the Towers to the cash haul. And in line with sections 16 and 17 of the EFCC (Establishment Act) 2004, we are inviting these landlords or tenants.

“Unless we get to the root of this case, Nigerians may not know the truth or otherwise about the cash.


“We are not saying that those invited are guilty of any infraction or having link with the $43.4million but we need to hear from them – in line with the ongoing profiling of those in the Towers.”

Amaechi must vomit more loot to lessen his pot belly – Fani-Kayode’s aide fires back

Jude Ndukwe, Special Adviser on Media to former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has attacked the camp of Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as the controversy over $43m found in a Lagos apartment continues.

Ndukwe in a statement dared Amaechi to speak on the issue, adding that he must cough out more loot to free his pot belly.

“We read with amusement the insulting words of one of Rotimi Ameachi’s aides about Chief Femi Fani-Kayode,” it reads.

“A man who had to appoint his own psychiatrist as his Commissioner of Health when he was govermor because he kept breaking down during cabinet meetings?“In the first place one must ask, is Rotimi Amaechi a human being? Everyone knows he is an animal.

“A man that shits in his pants every time that he hears FFK’s name? Do you expect the great FFK to respond to a creature like Rotimi who he once described as ‘a pot-bellied creek Haramite who comes from the gutter’.

“We will not respond to the little errand boy that says he is Amaechi’s spokesman. The rat is too small.“A dirty stinking swamp rat like Rotimi Amaechi has the nerve to send his boy to insult FFK?

“We have bigger and better things to do. We are waiting for Amaechi himself to open his stinking mouth. Let us hear from him and not from his errand boy.

“The man is a cultist and a killer. He is also a serial traitor who spends more time smoking indian hemp and drinking kai kai than on servicing his wife.

“The Odilis made them human beings after they washed their toilets and sucked their arses for many years yet in the end both Rotimi and his wife betrayed them.“He was a houseboy to Gov. Peter Odili and his very ugly wife was also a housegirl to Odili’s wife.

“Rotimi is nothing but a greedy peasant, gutter snipe and shit heel. His stomach is so fat that he farts in his dreams and when he does so he puts the lights out.

“He needs to free his belly; he must cough up all the money that he stole from Rivers state when he was governor rather than trying to fool anyone.

“He should also stop the rubbish he is doing at Transport. He owns the USD 43m and everyone knows it. Attempts to cover up for him will fail”.

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EFCC finds $38m, £27k, N23m in a house in Gerrard Road, Ikoyi

OperATIVEs of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, found $38 million, £27,000 and N23 million in a private residence on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.

The commision acted on a tip-off by yet another whistleblower. It was learned that the house, which belongs to an unnamed Abuja politician, is on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. 

EFCC agents, who stormed the house, early yesterday, were still counting the money at press time. EFCC spokesman in Lagos, Mr Samin Amaddin, who confirmed the discovery, said the agents, who went on the mission, were yet to return to base last night.

 The Federal Government recently spelt out the benefits awaiting whistleblowers as it also pledged to protect them. 

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said any whistleblower whose information led to the recovery of up to N1 billion would receive five per cent of the amount.

According to him, the reward for any amount between one and five billion naira would be five per cent for the first N1 billion and four per cent of the remaining N4 billion, and that any amount over N5 billion will attract 2.5 per cent reward.

 The Federal Government had said that any whistleblower, whose information led to the recovery of cash or assets worth N5 billion, would earn N210 million.

 Mohammed said:  “For example, if a whistleblower provides information leading to the recovery of N10 billion, he or she will receive five per cent of the first N1 billion, four per cent of the next N4 billion and 2.5 per cent of the remaining N5 billion.

“What we have done by making this information public is to reassure potential whistleblowers that the plan to reward is real.

We are not just saying we will pay all whistleblowers, but we are letting them know in advance what they are entitled to, once the information they provide leads to the recovery of looted funds.”

The latest recovery came two days after EFCC agents recovered €547,730 and £21,090 as well as N5,648,500 from a Bureau de Change operator in Balogun market, in Lagos. Last Thursday, the EFCC recovered N449, 000, 860 hidden in an abandoned shop in Lagos.

I'm not the owner of discovered billions in Lagos – Adeola

Senator representing Lagos West, Senator Solomon Adeola has denied ownership of the N15 billion recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Lagos yesterday.

In a statement signed by his media adviser, Chief Kayode Odunaro and made available to newsmen on Thursday, Senator Adeola debunked the allegation published by some online media (Not infokitchen101) saying it is totally false.


“The attention of Senator Solomon Adeola (Lagos West) aka Yayi has been drawn to an online story alleging that the N15 billion in foreign and local currencies discovered by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in an apartment at Osborne Towers in Lagos belong to him. 

“As published by Lagos Herald quoting “Africanreporters” the senator is alleged to have stashed the huge cash for his rumoured ambition to be a governor of a state. 

“There is absolutely no iota of truth in this obvious blackmail targeted at destroying the rising profile of the senator who had spent over 14 years in public office without any blemish. 

We are aware that some politicians are having sleepless nights on his impeccable records as a grassroots democrat and will do anything to eliminate him in their paranoid political equation towards 2019.

 “Senator Adeola does not own any house or apartment on Osborne Towers at Osborne Road, Ikoyi and could not have been the owner of the discovered cash in the apartment. 

The senator will in due course not hesitate to take legal action against anyone unjustly tarnishing his hard earned reputation and image pursuant of his fundamental rights under the constitution. 

“The EFCC as a credible anti corruption organization is doing it statutory duty and I am sure it will soon come out with details of the ownership of the discovered humongous cash. 

“Insinuations attributing Senate decisions on national issues to Senator Adeola shows perfect ignorance of the working of the legislature in a democracy and indeed Senator Adeola as an APC Senator is fully committed to the anti-corruption agenda of President Mohamadu Buhari and APC.”
















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Why EFCC is losing cases – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday revealed why the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was losing some cases.

Obasanjo believes that the EFCC was losing cases due to its failure to engage what he called “staunch ogbologbo lawyer,” stressing that most of the lawyers employed were outsiders.

He made the remark in response to a charge by President Muhammadu Buhari to the anti-graft agency to stop losing cases.

Speaking in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, the former President said, “I was reading today when the President (Muhammadu Buhari) said the EFCC should stop losing cases. They lose cases for a number of reasons.

“One, they engage more of outside lawyers. I believe that they need staunch, `ogbologbo’ lawyers inside that will do the work.

“If I am a lawyer and I want the opponent to win a case, what I will file will be `wishy washy’. And if I file a `wishy washy’ case, the opponent will see the loophole and he will get out of it. I believe that it is important.

“Secondly, thorough investigation is very important. Now,investigation must be thorough, it must be proper and it must be really taken seriously.

“Third, our judges must be committed in fighting corruption.

“They must be committed to fighting corruption. Because if the investigation is very sound and you have `ogbologbo’ lawyer to handle the case, if you have Salamigate, you know what the answer will be.

“So it is a line: investigation, prosecution and the judiciary. If there is weakness along this line, chances are that corruption cases will continue to be lost. “

EFCC recovers N448.85m in abandoned Lagos shop, haunts owner

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is trailing the owner of N448.85 million discovered in a shopping plaza in Lagos State, spokesman of the commission in Lagos, Mr. Sam Amadin said.

In an interview with newsmen on Saturday, Amadin said the agency was making efforts to reach the owner of the complex, with a view to knowing who rented the said shop 64.

“The shopping plaza, from preliminary investigation, was built by estate developers. From the developers, we will get the owner of the money.

”The people around the complex know the owner of the money. The place has not been in use for a long time, the owner only sneaks into the place and keep the money.

We will find the owner very soon, “ Amadin assured.

The commission, on Friday in a statement confirmed the recovery of N448,85million in a shop at the LEGICO Shopping Plaza, in Victoria Island, Lagos.

Operatives of the commission, acting on a tip-off by a concerned whistleblower, swooped on the shopping complex and sought the identity of the owners of two shops, LS 64 and LS 67, which were under lock and key.

“The shops had the signage of a Bureau de Change. Inquiries about the owner of shop 64 indicated that he had not been seen for a long time, as neighbours claimed the shop had not been opened for business for close to two years.

“The attention of the plaza’s Chairman and some traders were drawn in order to force the shops open.

“There was no money found in shop 67, but in shop 64, heaps of Ghana-Must-Go bags were found on the floor of the shop.

“ When the bags were unzipped they were found to contain bundles of Naira notes totalling N448. 85million.

We didn’t prosecute Justice Ademola – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied media reports that it prosecuted Justice Adeniyi Ademola and his wife , Olabowale.

The EFCC noted that Ademola was prosecuted by the Office of the Attorney - General of the Federation while his matter was investigated solely by the Department of State Services .

The commission said this in a statement by its spokesman , Mr . Wilson Uwujaren, while reacting to a newspaper report .

The statement read in part, “ The attention of the EFCC has been drawn to a report captioned , ‘ Judge blasts EFCC , frees Justice Ademola , wife, others,’ which was promoted on the front page of Daily Sun of Thursday April 6 , 2017.

“ The banner created the false impression that the EFCC handled the prosecution of the Judge and his wife which case was dismissed on Wednesday, April 5 , 2017 as lacking in merit .

“ Curiously going through the body of the story on page 6 of the newspaper , there was nowhere the EFCC was mentioned as the prosecuting agency. Instead, the writer made copious references to the DSS and the office of the Attorney General of the Federation as the prosecution authorities .

“ The report in fact is emphatic that : ‘The charges were filed by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation , following the raid by the Department of State Services ’ operatives on the Judge’ s house on October 7 , 2016” . How and why the name of the EFCC crept into the banner headline remains a puzzle except that The Sun group appears to have made EFCC bashing a pastime in recent times . ”

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We didn’t hand over Alamiyeseigha’s property to Falana – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has rubbished media reports suggesting that properties recovered from the late former Governor of Bayelsa State , Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, were handed over to prominent lawyer, Mr . Femi Falana (SAN ).

The EFCC said this in a statement by its spokesman , Mr . Wilson Uwujaren, on Thursday.

According to the said report which the EFCC described as nonsensical, the Chief of Staff to the EFCC Chairman, Mr . Ola Olukoyede, is a former employee of the Chambers of Femi Falana.

The report also stated that Olukoyede was employed by the EFCC based on Falana’s ‘orders ’.

However, the EFCC describing the report as malicious said, “ The allegations are not only unfounded but evil , as all the properties recovered from the former governor have been returned to the Bayelsa State Government .

“ For the record , Olukoyede was not ‘seconded ’ to the EFCC by Falana and he has never worked in Femi Falana’ s Chambers. He was head - hunted based on his pedigree . Even if he had worked for Falana it may not have mattered as working for Falana is not a criminal offence in the nation ’s statute.

“ It is also important to state that Falana, SAN , is not a counsel for the EFCC and has never interfered in the operations of the agency .

“ The author of the mischievous and misleading information went ahead to give the telephone number of the CoS and asked members of the public to call and enquire if he was indeed a former staff of Femi Falana’ s Chambers. He has therefore been bombarded with unsolicited calls by members of the public.”

The commission urged those behind the report to desist forthwith as any attempt to further malign the reputation of Olukoyede and the EFCC would not go unchallenged .




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