The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on
Monday November 23, 2009, arraigned a
one time Nigerian Ambassador to Spain,
Mamman Yusuf, on a nine count criminal
charge at the FCT High Court, Lugbe,
before Hon. Justice Olukayode Adegbola
Adeniyi for dishonestly misappropriating
about N300 million belonging to Aso
Radio and Television.
Ambassador Yusuf, until now was the
Chairman Board of Directors of Aso Radio
and Television Abuja and one-time
national chairman of the Alliance for
Democracy, AD.
The other accused persons who were also
arraigned by the EFCC alongside Yusuf,
were Mr. Ahmed A. Ishaq, Mr. Ahmed
Tafida and Mr. Sani Jaafaru. They were
the three board members who allegedly
conspired with Yusuf on February 5,
2009, to dishonestly misappropriate
about N300 million belonging to the
establishment.
The embattled former envoy and his board
members, were arraigned following their
indictment by the on going investigation
being conducted by the Commission into a
petition submitted by Radio Television
and Art Workers of Nigeria, RATTAWU.
Ambassador Yusuf and his three co-
accused entered a plea of innocence to
the 9-count criminal charges that were
read to them by the court clerk.They
were granted bail in the sum of
N5million each by trial Justice Adeniyi
who adjourned further hearing in the
matter till February 4, next year
Four of them were specifically alleged
to have conspired to obtain credit
facilities totaling about N25million,
dishonestly siphoned about N130 million
meant for the establishment of Aso TV
and further shared amongst themselves
another 22,280 Euros allegedly secured
through an illegal transmission of ‘Aso
Radio International’ radio station.
The EFCC further alleged in the charge
sheet that while about N1.5million was
used by the accused persons to lodge in
an Hotel in Abuja , about N8.6 million
was later traced to a Zenith bank
account, which they were said to have
opened in the name of one Sunday Ibok.
Their act according to the anti-graft
agency, contravened section 97(1) of the
Penal Code Act, Cap 532 Laws of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria ( Abuja )
1990, Article 801 of the Financial
Regulation and punishable under section
309 of the Penal Code Act.
......LOVE
SCAM : EFCC RETURNS $9,300 TO AUSTRALIAN
VICTIM
Chairman
of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, has directed
that Rosalind Sumner, an Australian
victim of love
scam be paid the sum of N514, 212.10 and
another $5900 recovered from a Nigerian
fraudster.
The payment which is a restitution is in
fulfillment of a
Lagos State
High Court
judgment of March 10, 2009,
against Lawal Adewale Nurudeen, a
graduate of the
University of Lagos,
who was prosecuted and sentenced to 28
years imprisonment by Hon. M. O. Obadina
of the Lagos High Court.
Nurudeen was first arraigned on November
31, 2008, by the EFCC, on 11 count
charge bordering on
Advance Fee
Fraud. He had defrauded the
Australian of the sum of $47, 816.93 in
a romance scam.
The N514, 212.10, was recently recovered
from the convict’s bank account in
Sterling Bank
while another cash sum of $5900 was
recovered from his home.
The court, in its ruling, also directed
that the balance of the money be
recovered through the sale of his car,
two plots of land and a monthly $250
which would be paid to the victim.
The Queensland
Police,
Australia
as well as the victim have made requests
for the recovered funds to be released
to the latter in line with the
judgment. In a letter to the
Commission, the victim, Rosalind Sumner
commended the EFCC for the successful
prosecution of the case.
Consequently, the anti-graft agency on
Monday directed that all funds so far
recovered from the convict totalling
about $9,300 be handed over to the
Australian Ambassador to Nigeria for
onward delivery to the victim.
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