Crime Facts

Letter to Ihedioha: Attack on my brother by NDLEA was a murder attempt not arrest

It is most unfortunate, howbeit inexplicable, that in spite of the fact that these officers were armed and greatly out-numbered my brother, his arrest ended up with deep life-threatening machete cuts all over his body. Making the arrest appear more like a case of attempted murder, rather than a mere arrest. It was expected that as experienced superior officers, Mrs Kemi and her officers, should be fully aware that the rules of engagement do not permit the use of arms and/or unreasonable force on an unarmed suspect.

APC Guber Ticket: Okorocha offered me $2million to deliver son-in-law, says Gulak

 “I went there to do my job and I
did it to be best of my knowledge and ability and I came notwithstanding the
tempting offer I refused. I can walk the streets of Imo State including Owerri
with my shoulders high.

“I may not be perfect as a human being but I did not go there to make
him happy. Somebody who offered me up to $2 million to give Certificate of
Return to his nominee but I turned it down.

Hamza Koudeih: Unravelling a Money Laundering Honcho

He is a Lebanese, resident in Lagos and steeped in money. From his $1.3million residence in Eko Atlantic Pearl Tower to his high-end automobiles, Hamza Koudeih oozes money-all of which he made doing nothing in the country but money laundering- which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says he has done to the tune […]

ICPC declares Okoi Obono-Obla wanted

A former Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Okoi Obono-Obla, has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The ICPC said it took the action due to Obono-Obla’s “repeated failure to appear before it to answer questions bordering on allegations of […]

Court remands British nationals in prison over $9.6bn P&ID scam

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday remanded two British nationals, James Richard Nolan and Adam Quinn in prison custody pending the determination of their bail application in a charge of complicity in the controversial $9.6 billion arbitral award to Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) by a United Kingdom commercial court.