Category: Crime Watch

The American International School of Abuja has offered to refund N1.1 billion ($760,000) to Kogi from former Governor Yahaya Bello’s children’s school fees after confirming that the erstwhile governor paid $845,000.   In a letter to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the school stated it would return $760,000 to the Kogi state treasury as part of their investigation into Mr Bello’s alleged money laundering activities. The EFCC had accused the ex-governor of looting $720,000 from the Kogi state treasury to pay his children’s tuition fees.   This month, the…

Forensic analysis conducted by the Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Centre has revealed startling findings regarding a video circulating purportedly depicting security concerns in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).   Contrary to initial impressions, the investigation confirmed that the incident depicted occurred in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and was posted by a South African individual on X (formerly Twitter) on April 22nd, 2024. The video falsely claimed the necessity of carrying handguns for travel in Ethiopia.   It is deeply concerning that this misleading video has been misappropriated to sow…

The FCT Police Command has reacted to a video clip circulating online depicting a robbery incident allegedly occured in the Federal Capital Territory involving a “Right Hand Drive” vehicle The Command in a statement signed by SP Josephine Adeh PPRO clarifed that contrary to the narrative, the incident did not take place within the Federal Capital Territory.   Adeh said “Upon meticulous analysis of the video, it becomes evident that the robbery incident did not even occur in Nigeria. This conclusion is drawn from the vehicle registration number plate design…

In view of the recent promotion of 10,581 Inspectors, rank and file in the Police Force by the Inspector General of Police, and the Niger State Police Command benefitted 281 Police Constables promoted to the next rank of Corporal. The beneficiaries were decorated today 23rd April, 2024 by the Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman,and assisted by DCP Aminu M. Garba (Admin) and DCP Falade Micheal (Operations). During the decorations, the CP congratulated the beneficiaries and encouraged them that they were on the course in their…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over an ongoing N8,069,176,864.00 money laundering probe. According to The PUNCH, the former Minister of Aviation arrived at the Federal Capital Territory Command of the EFCC at about 1:00 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Following his arrival at the command, Sirika was quizzed by the EFCC investigators on alleged fraudulent contracts awarded by him to a company known as Engirios Nigeria Limited, owned by his younger sibling, Abubakar Sirika. A source in the EFCC…

The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Bennett Igweh has extended profound gratitude to the Honourable Minister of Federal Capital Territory FCT, Barr Nyesom Wike for sustaining his effort against criminality in the nation’s capital. The Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh on receipt of bounty placed on wanted kidnappers expressed heartfelt gratitude on behalf of the management and personnel of the FCT Police Command for the kind gesture of the Honourable Minister, FCT for fulfilling his promise to the Command.   He said the minister took decisive…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared ex-governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello wanted over N80.2bn fraud.   This was contained in a post issued on the agency’s social media handle on Thursday evening.   “Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is wanted by the EFCC for offences relating to economic and financial crimes to the tune of N80.2 Billion.   Anybody with information as to his whereabout should report immediately to the Commission or the nearest Police Station,” the post reads.   This comes hours after the…

The operatives of the FCT police command, on April 11, 2024, at about 10:45 PM, acting on credible intelligence, trailed and arrested six suspects, namely Kabiru Muhammed, Aliyu Usman, Abdulmalik Alhasassan, Shafi’u Suleiman, Suleiman Ibrahim, and Raymond Mailabari, who is an AEDC staff, all males of Tipper Garage, Mpape, Abuja, for vandalizing and stealing a transformer.   The suspects were trying to escape with an already vandalized transformer they had loaded on a crane truck in Maitama, when police operatives swooped in and apprehended them.   The vandalized transformer, a…

In a milestone achievement, the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has secured the conviction of one Abubakar Sadiq Aremu to four years imprisonment for cheating and forgery of its receipts.   Arraigned on March 21, 2023, before Upper Area Court Mpape Abuja, the accused pleaded guilty to the offence and was therefore sentenced by the presiding judge.   The convict was accused of uploading forged receipts to pay a company’s annual return on the CAC portal.   Reacting to the judgement, the Registrar-General/CEO of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Hussaini Ishaq Magaji,…