EFCC arrests 12 bankers for suspected fraud
The suspects would be charged to court after investigation, the EFCC said.
The suspects would be charged to court after investigation, the EFCC said.
EFCC’s investigation says two officials took bribes to smuggle a jailed banker’s name, Francis Atuche, into the presidential pardon list.
The three-man panel upheld the EFCC’s arguments and unanimously dismissed the appeal.
Commenting on the discharge order, Mr Etuh, who is the Chairman of TAK Agro Group, expressed delight at the development, ...
While convicting the bankers, the judge had ordered that they should make a restitution of N25.7 billion to the Federal ...
Mr Atuche’s trial before Justice Okunnu began on July 6, 2011, after the judge dismissed the defence lawyer’s application for ...
Mr Atuche is only the latest in what is becoming a growing list of convicted billionaire bankers.
It’s an irony that looters of public funds in Nigeria move about with police escorts, the group says.
While Mr Atuche was sentenced to six years in prison, Mr Anyanwu got four years.
The accused have been standing trial since 2011
The judge relied on previous Appeal Court rulings in favour of other accused former bank chiefs.
The judge said the EFCC failed to prove the case.
The former bank chief says the court lacks the jurisdiction to hear the case.
In his submission, Kemi Pinheiro, the prosecutor, argued that the practice direction did not derogate from the provisions of the ...
Mr. Atuche is being prosecuted, alongside his wife, for stealing funds belonging to the defunct BankPHB. An Ikeja High Court ...
Francis Atuche wants the case dismissed. An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday fixed January 29 for ruling on the application ...
The court also asked the defendants to open their case. A Lagos High Court presided over by Lateefat Okunnu ruled ...
The accused persons are facing a 27-count charge, bordering on conspiracy and stealing. A former Managing Director of Bank PHB, ...
The couple are accused of defrauding their bank. An Ikeja High Court on Friday granted a former Managing Director of ...
The accused is being arraigned for allegedly stealing the sum of N25.7 billion belonging to former Bank PHB A Lagos ...
The witness can’t confirm if Mr. Atuche gave a direct order for the transfers.
Nigerians seem not to have missed a nauseating coincidence a while ago during the first round of the transportation of ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is set to arrest reverend fathers and leaders of the two Catholic Churches in Delta ...
Francis Atuche gave two churches in Delta State depositors money to the sum of N45 million.
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