The Nigerian government has requested the assistance of the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) to hunt and arrest three defendants in the alleged withdrawal of $6.2 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) last year through a forged document. The office of the Special Investigator of the CBN, Jim Obazee, made the request on Monday after obtaining an order of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The suspects are Adamu Abubakar, Imam Abubakar, and Odoh Eric Ocheme. The federal government had filed extradition charges against the trio for allegedly forging the signature of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari and documents purportedly written by Boss Mustapha, the former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), to induce the payment of $6,230,000 from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The Federal Government has declared Anambra-based lawyer Adachukwu Chukelu-Okafor wanted for allegedly burning her 11-year-old house help and placed a N2 million bounty on her. Chukelu-Okafor who is currently at large, was alleged to have used a hot-pressing iron and knife to burn and chop in pieces, the private part of her house help. Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs, revealed this at a news conference in Abuja, following a viral video of the girl after she was abused and returned to her aunt, who gave her out as house help. Kennedy-Ohanenye stated that the suspect has been evading authorities since the incident. According to the minister, she has changed her contact data although she remains active on social media, saying no action will be taken against her.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC) has declared Margaret Emefiele, the wife of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, and three others wanted for alleged money laundering case on Friday night. The other three involved in the case were identified as Eric Ocheme Odoh, Anita Joy Omoile, and her husband Jonathan Omoile, for allegedly conspiring “to convert huge sums of money belonging to the Federal Government of Nigeria and committed felony to wit: obtaining money by false pretences, and stealing, contrary to and punishable under Sections 411, 287, and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.”

A Federal high court in Abuja has granted bail to the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Professor Cyril Ndifon, to the tune of N250 million in the sexual harassment and gratification case instituted against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Justice James Omotosho who gave the ruling also granted his lawyer Sunny Anyanwu bail to the tune of 50 million naira among other stringent bail conditions. Both defendants are expected to produce two sureties who own properties within FCT with a minimum valuation of 150 million and must submit their bank statements to the court.

In a renewed anti-corruption fight by the President Tinubu administration, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has identified an account belonging to Abubakar Ahmad Sirika, brother to Hadi Sirika, the immediate-past minister of Aviation in Buhari govt, over alleged N8.06 billion contract fraud in the Federal Ministry of Aviation. The anti-graft agency made this known after the arrest of Abubakar Sirika over the contract fraud of about N3.2 billion and was traced to his private company account, Engirios Nigeria Limited, where the anti-graft has since frozen the account. 

The House of Representatives Public Account Committee (PAC) on Wednesday instructed the Federal Fire Service to remit the sum of N1.4 billion released to the agency for COVID-19 intervention funds which it failed to account for back to the Federal Government within seven days. This directive was issued by the Chairperson of PAC, Hon. Bamidele Salam, after the failure of the service to honor the invitation to explain the expenditure of the fund. It was revealed that the Federal Fire Service was invited to appear before the committee but the agency never honored the invitation and did not send any letter to the committee on why it failed to respond to the invitations.