A former Managing Director (MD) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Nsima Ekere was arrested on Wednesday by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged fraud to the tune of N47 billion. According to reports, Ekere voluntarily submitted himself to the Commission’s Lagos zonal office.
The Accountant General of Federation, Ahmed Idris, has been suspended indefinitely by the federal government of Nigeria through the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, hours after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested him over an alleged fraud of N80 billion.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested the current Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Ahmed Idris on Monday over alleged diversion of funds and money laundering to the tune of N80 billion. This was disclosed by the Commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren in a statement titled ‘EFCC arrests Ahmed Idris, Accountant-General of the Federation for N80Bn Fraud’.
The police on Monday arraigned two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci, over the killing of Deborah Samuel on May 12, with the defence team boasting of 34 lawyers. A mob of Muslim extremists comprising colleagues and co-students of the deceased, brutally murdered Ms Samuel over alleged blasphemy, sparking nationwide outrage by Nigerians.
Presently there is an ongoing protest in Sokoto State calling for the immediate release of all who were apprehended by the police over the murder of Miss Deborah Samuel a 200-level student of the State College of Education, who was beaten, stoned, and was set ablaze for accused blasphemy.
A federal high court sitting in Abakiliki has yesterday declared the contentious Ebonyi state Cybercrime Law No 12 of 2021 as unconstitutional, null and void. One Pascal Etu approached the High court suing the Ebonyi state Governor, Dave Umahi over the controversial law he assented to. The Umahi-led administration had last year September 2021 enacted a cybercrime law in a controversial circumstance that attracted a wide condemnation. It was learned that apart from the statehouse of Assembly members, no pressmen were invited to the enacting of the law despite no one knowing about the process that led to the creation of the law, talk less of the public hearing.
