The Lagos State Police Command on Saturday apprehended four men who allegedly use minors to beg for alms in Lagos traffic. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Commands Public Relations Officers stated this via this official Twitter handle. According to him, the men get minors from villages and then get a medical doctor to inject them with Read More…
Fraud
Judge acquits 3 AIICO staff accused of N1.5bn fraud
Three staff members of the American International Insurance Company Limited, (AIICO), who had been accused of N1.5billion fraud on Wednesday were acquitted by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences court. Justice Taiwo, in a ruling on a no-case submission filed by the defendants; Onome Harriet, Olajumoke Akano, Olabode Ogunlere and Lanre Fabunmi, the Former Read More…
EFCC arrests man for attempted $17.5m fraud in Lagos
Olabanji Aluko, a suspected fraudster, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for an alleged $17.5million advance fee fraud. Aluko, who claimed to be a driver, was arrested, at a popular eatery in Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday, September 8, 2022. The suspect claimed he had set a meeting with a Read More…
EFCC hands over fake army general’s forfeited property to victim in Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over a property located at 1A, Joke Ayo Street, Riverside Estate, Alagbado, Lagos, as well as a Range Rover Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, a black BMW car, a black Toyota Land cruiser car, and a white Toyota Hilux recovered from a convicted fake Army General, Bolarinwa Read More…
Money-in-the-boot fraudster nabbed in Lagos
A supposed kabukabu driver who boasts of money in his boot while duping his passengers is in hot soup. Officers of the Ipakodo division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Emmanuel Rolland ‘m’ aged 34 for allegedly duping unsuspecting passengers. In a statement issued by police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the suspect Read More…
Lagos-based bank loses N206m to fraudsters
A middle-aged Richy Omonefe Orida, has been arraigned before a Lagos Chief Magistrate court, for alleged conspiracy and fraud of N206 million. According to the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) Lagos which arraigned Orida before Chief Magistrate A. O. Erinle (Mrs.), the money belonged to Baobab Microfinance Bank Nigeria Limited. Prosecution counsel Henry Obiaze alleged Read More…
Reps ticket: Herbalists dupe Ekiti politician of N24m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Tuesday said it had arrested two self-proclaimed spiritualists for defrauding an aspiring House of Representatives member in Ekiti State of N24,071,000. It said the men, Alfa Abiodun Ibrahim and Wale Adifala, alongside one Ifawole Ajibola (aka Baba Kalifa currently on the run), obtained the money under the pretext Read More…
Police arrest five at fake CAC registration centre
The Police in Lagos have busted a fake Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) registration centre in Ikeja and arrested five suspects. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) raided the fake CAC centre and arrested five suspects Read More…
N31m fraud: ‘Fake’ estate agent not Speaker Gbajabiamila’s brother
Media reports linking Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila with a defendant in a N31million fraud case at a court in Lagos State, has been debunked as false. One Sulaimon Gbajabiamila was arraigned before the Yaba Magistrate Court 1 for allegedly defrauding a United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Lateef Adeyemo, of the sum of N31million. Read More…
Court orders Lagos resident’s arrest over alleged N100m fraud
The Lagos High Court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has issued a bench warrant against a Lagos-based defendant, Ibukun Fakaye, following his alleged failure to appear before the court to answer charges of forgery and fraud of N100 million. The Police, through the Office of the Inspector-General (IGP), dragged the defendant before the Read More…