SOME CELEBRATED EFCC CASES:
• An account linked to Shalewa Obanikoro, the daughter of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro frozen. According to EFCC investigators, about N1.2 billion passed through the account which belongs to an oil firm.
• Over N126billion in the accounts of some suspects frozen in order not to jeopardise investigations. More than 120 bank accounts are affected by the freeze order. About N126,563,481,095.43 was temporarily seized by the EFCC pending the conclusion of corruption-related cases.
• Other cash and assets under the Interim Forfeiture is USD9,090,920.15, seized from suspects facing trial or under investigation. Apart from freezing of N32.8billion from six suspects implicated in the Police Pension Office, some high profile suspects with accounts among the over 120 frozen include ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, ex-National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), ex-Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Badeh, ex-Chiefs of Air Staff Air Marshals Adeola Amosu and Mohammed Dikko Umar, Robert Azibola (ex-President Jonathan’s cousin) and Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode among others.
• Commissioner of Police in charge of Works, Victor Onofiok quizzed by the EFCC for awarding contracts of over N1.9billion to companies he had interest in.
• EFCC traces 38 choice houses to former Chairman of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Ngozi Olojeme. She was the Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Goodluck Campaign Organisation in 2015. She was also being investigated by the EFCC for alleged diversion of $48,485,127 from the accounts of the NSITF. The anti- graft agency secured a court order to place the assets under interim forfeiture, pending Mrs. Olojeme’s trial.
• The EFCC also arraigned a former Managing Director of NSITF, Umar Munir Abubakar and four others for alleged diversion of N18billion. There others are Henry Ekhasomi Sambo, Adebayo Adebowale Adebirigbe, Chief Richard U. Uche and Aderemi Adegboyega.
• The EFCC traced 61 assets to former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Oceanic Bank Mrs. Cecilia Ibru in Dubai. The assets include 41 shops, 16 mansions and four park towers. All the properties were confiscated, but their sale was trailed by controversy because about $4,522,413.20 remain unaccounted for
• Former Senate President David Mark was investigated by the EFCC in connection with alleged N5.4billion slush funds.
• A former Minister of State for Niger Delta, Mr. Sam Ode was probed for N2billion campaign funds meant for Benue State.
• The PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus offered to return the 23 luxury cars he got from a business associate of the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. But the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) asked Secondus to refund to the Federal Government N310 million, being the worth of the vehicles.
• The accounts of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh and 17 other military chiefs detained over the USD2.1billion deals were frozen by the EFCC. Some of those affected are the most senior Air Force officer, AVM A. M. Mamu (the Chief of Administration), AVM R. A. Ojuawo (Air Officer Technical Air Command, Makurdi; AVM J. B. Adigun (former Chief of Accounts and Bdgeting in NAF); and AVM J. A.. Kayode-Beckley (Director, Armament Research in Air Force Research and Development Centre); AVM T. Omenyi (MD, NAF Holdings), four top officers at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ)-Air Cdre A. O. Ogunjobi; Air Cdre G. M. D. Gwani; Air Cdre. S. O. Makinde, Air Cdre A. Y. Lassa and Col. N. Ashinze, who was the Special Military Assistant to the ex-National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)
• EFCC froze over N8,627,458,773.36 billion in three accounts of Hajiya Muinat Bola Shagaya was a close friend and associate of former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission frozen five bank accounts traced to a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, and the two sons of a former Minister of State of Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro.
• Some accounts of the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, were frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
• The personal account of the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, and those of his associates were frozen by the EFCC.
• EFCC obtains court order to freeze the former First lady Dame Patience Jonathan, containing the sum of $5,316.66 domiciled with Skye bank should be frozen on the ground that, the money is suspected to be proceeds of crime. Also affected by the said order are five companies and one Esther Oba who were having a total sums of N7. 4 billion for the five companies and $429,381.87 for Esther Oba in six different commercial banks.