EFCC: BUHARI ORDERS AGF TO PROBE EX-EFCC BOSSES

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, to probe some former chairmen of the commission, following discovery of alleged shady deals during their tenure.

According to Saturday Telegraph, this is sequel to the assumption of office by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. One of our sources said; “The lateness in the appointment of the Attorney- General had delayed the presidential directive, because the office has to legally issue the order.”

Investigations by our correspondent however, revealed that with the appointment of the AGF, there was a renewed vigour on the anti-graft war, and acting on orders from the Presidency, there was a fresh directive from the office of the AGF asking the anti-graft body to look into the activities of the past regimes in the commission.

“This is in furtherance of a probe on the regime of Ibrahim Lamorde instituted by the senate over alleged sharp practices at the commission into assets seized and sold by the anti-graft agency in which, properties were allegedly converted for personal use, with the aid of some top members of the commission’s hierarchy,” one of the sources said.

Sources within the office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, disclosed to Saturday Telegraph that “the President was not happy with revelations coming out from the senate over the Lamorde issue and he was therefore set to cleanse the EFCC of alleged corruption. But the move was stalled because the Attorney General was yet to be appointed as at then.”

Though it was gathered that there was a similar directive towards the tail end of the Goodluck Jonathan administration, the probe never saw the light of the day, as those at the helms of affairs then were said to have silenced all efforts by the commission to cleanse itself. Some staff of the commission confided in Saturday Telegraph that the latest attempt is a way of revisiting the last exercise and dusting the reports that were hitherto swept under the carpet.

One of the sources in the Presidency said the issue got the attention of Buhari when the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, recently inaugurated a committee to probe the status of all assets seized by the commission, after the senate received petitions against Lamorde. The President was then said to have called for the files of the probe by the commission and asked Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo, who is a lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) to look at the legal angle to the probe before passing it to the Attorney General.

It was gathered that the interim report of a probe panel instituted by the senate revealed that a lot of money raised from donor agencies, and proceeds from some of the prosecuted cases, since the establishment of the commission in 2004, could not be accounted for by the anti-graft body, a situation that has become worrisome to the presidency.

Earlier investigations had shown that apart from the alleged mismanagement of huge funds from donor agencies, a lot of assets seized from some corrupt politicians were sold at give-away prices to some cronies, friends and relations of some EFCC staff and agents, while “proceeds from property confiscated and sold have allegedly disappeared.”

The report also revealed that some buildings hitherto seized in prime areas, such as Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt and Abuja have been sold off without the knowledge of the Presidency and the Ministry of Justice, which oversee the affairs of the commission. The source also revealed that the report indicted some past bosses of the commission, saying “they did not account for the money recovered from some accused persons.” It was learnt that Buhari was not comfortable with the way some senators had been speaking against the commission, a move that is seen as a dent on the anticorruption posture of the present administration.

Saturday Telegraph investigations further revealed that there were documents, tendered to the Presidency by the new leadership under Ibrahim Magu, which were backed by reports from the Department of Security Services (DSS), to confirm claims of financial recklessness allegedly perpetuated by some past leadership at the EFCC.

It was learnt that there was a damning report on all seizures during a particular tenure in the commission, but a successor in office deliberately looked the other way, not wanting to rock the boat.

However, when contacted, the Head of Media at the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, promised to call back, but did not as at press time. He also did not respond to text messages sent to him.

    

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'UNCLE HAD S3X WITH US INSIDE HIS CAR'-KIDS

Residents of a building located at Onueke Town, Ebonyi State, have been living like brothers and sisters for years; they had however, developed love and affection for one another. A visitor wouldn’t be able to differentiate the kids.

There was rapport and easy camaraderie among them. The kids are often seen dashing from one apartment to another. The children acted like kids of the same parents.

However,  in this Garden of Eden, resides a serpent, one Mr. Nwoja, popularly called Uncle who took advantage of these kids by sleeping with them at will !!

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'HOW WE KILLED POLICE-DSS-NSCDC OFFICIALS ....AND BURRIED 370 VANDALS @ AREPO'-SUSPECTS

He desperately needed money to buy the necessary items for the marriage rites and also pay the lady’s dowry. He joined a pipeline vandalism gang. Before December 2015, the gang had killed some policemen, officials of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and caused several horrific explosions in Arepo, an Ogun State community bordering Lagos. That is the story of Idowu Sobijoh,23, who is desperate to his family and the young lady he impregnated.

They also killed in cold blood, between nine and 12 officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) at Ikorodu, Lagos State, and buried them in shallow graves. On July 22, 2015, scores of suspected oil pipeline vandals and others died following explosion that erupted while they were scooping fuel from a vandalised pipeline. According to eyewitnesses, no fewer than 50 died during the incident.

Reliving the horror of that day, Sobijoh, an alleged notorious pipeline vandal, said that the NNPC, national dailies and even law enforcement officers got it wrong, saying those killed that day were over 370. He said that his cousin, Ayo, who initiated him into the crime, died in the explosion.

He added: “I would have died that day too, but I refused to go with Ayo because I was very tired. We carried the corpses of our people and buried them in three large graves. We counted over 370 corpses. I also saw my brother’s corpse because he wasn’t burnt completely.

POLICE DETECTIVE & A SUSPECT

“He and many others tried to scoop fuel from a vandalised pipeline, but were trapped by the mud. The incident was so tragic that I contemplated quitting. But I couldn’t because I had no other job. A few weeks after that, I witnessed how the gang killed nine officials of the DSS. I don’t know the reason they killed those agents. It was Igbala, a member, that first opened fire on all of them.

After that killing, I knew there would be trouble. I packed my things and left for Ijegemo. Ijegemo is at the Isheri- Oshun area of Lagos. At Ijegemo, I teamed up with Bright, who is a boy to TK, the commander.”

Incidentally, Sobijoh’s group was part of those that had been killing law enforcement agents at different pipeline locations in Lagos and Ogun States and disappearing with their corpses. They were also behind bank robberies at Lekki, Ikorodu, Festac and Agbara.

The gang come through waterways to carry out its nefarious activities. Members are known for using military uniforms and blasting banks’ doors with dynamites during operations.

Since the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Special Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), led by Mr. Abba Kyari, a Chief Superintendent of Police, took over the investigations of the incessant bank robberies and pipeline vandalisms in Lagos and Ogun states, members of the gang are now being picked by the team.

The detectives at different times risked going to the creeks to arrest some of the suspects. This week, SIRT team arrested eight suspects, including a serving lance corporal of the Nigerian Army, for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to the bank robbers and vandals. Apart from the arrest of the arms suppliers, SIRT also arrested seven members of the robbery gang.

POLICE DETECTIVES

At present, another four suspects have been arrested for attempting to rob a Union Bank branch in Ondo State. Sobijoh is one of those arrested. Others are Ebibo Winoh (23) Michael Mipera (22) and Thankgod Sugha (24).

The four suspects met their waterloo after they broke into a branch of Union Bank, in Ilutuntu area of Ondo State. Although they gained access into the bank with the alleged connivance of one of the bank’s ex-security guards, Sunny Bobo, they were however shocked when they discovered that the bank’s vault was empty.

A police source said: “The Union Bank guard was fired last year by the bank. He approached one of the gang members called Michael Mipera, a native of Ondo State, and told him about the plan to rob the bank.

He told Mipera there was usually light security at night. Mipera, after conducting his own survey around the bank,  invited two of his friends, Sugha and Winoh. He rented an apartment for them. He also invited six militants based at a camp in Ijegemo-Isheri Oshun, Lagos State, headed by one TK, a notorious pipeline vandal and bank robber.

“The hoodlums from Lagos was led by Bright. Bright’s gang supplied the crew with two Ak 47 rifles and additional expertise on how to break into bank. They attacked the bank on December 24, 2015, a day before Christmas, but didn’t find money in the bank’s vault.” Police source said that a motorcycle operator, who ran errands for one of the suspects, was the first to be arrested.

He was later used as bait to catch the four suspects, including one of the militants from Lagos. Winoh and Sugha confessed that Mipera invited them for the job. Sobijoh, who has been singing like a bird, said that the recent disruption of vandalism operations in Ijegemo by some soldiers made him to venture into bank robbery. His words: “I have never been involved in any bank robbery before.

The Union Bank robbery was my first attempt. It wasn’t even my intention. It was some soldiers who stopped our pipeline vandalism operations at Ijegemo that made me decide to take part in that bank robbery.

The soldiers asked us to pay N5million before we would be allowed to resume our pipeline vandalism. We offered them N3million, but they refused. We were broke when Bright got a call from Mipera about the Ilututu bank robbery. “I didn’t get to Ilututu on time because I hadn’t enough money.

When I got to Ondo State, I was informed that the bank robbery was successful, but that they didn’t get any money. I was arrested on my way back to my village in Ajapa.” Further recounting how he became a pipeline vandal, Sobijoh said that Ayo introduced him to vandalism when he needed money to pay for his wife’s dowry. He stated: “After I impregnated my wife, her family insisted I must pay her dowry before taking her as a wife.

I was very broke; my cousin Ayo, who was into pipeline vandalism at Arepo in Ikorodu, asked me to join him. He said that I should stop being lazy. I followed him to Lagos. When we got to Ikorodu, I joined the Fatola camp; I was introduced to the commander, Ossy. I was given a gun to carry, but I declined. I told them I had never used a gun before. They asked me to leave the camp and I did. I was staying in Ishawo, but at night Ayo would call me.

We would move into the creek with our jerry cans to siphon fuel from the pipelines.” The suspect said that after working for two weeks, he was able to raise enough money for his wife’s dowry. He returned home and performed the marriage rite. Just days after his traditional marriage, he returned to camp and discovered that Ayo had bought additional 100 jerry cans for fuel. Recalling the night Ayo died, Sobijoh said: “On that fateful night, Ayo woke me.

SOBIJOH

He said I should follow him to the line where we used to siphon fuel, but I refused. To tell you the truth, I was very tired. I told him to leave me alone to have some rest. Around 2am, I heard a large explosion. When I looked out, I saw massive fire at the spot where they were siphoning fuel. We couldn’t go close to the place until the NNPC officials came and put out the fire.”

MAN KILLS LOVER ON XMASS DAY OVER RIVAL'S PHONE CALL

Fresh facts have emerged over the murder of 21-year-old Cecilia Joseph, who was stabbed to death by her live-in-lover, named Monday, on Christmas Day at FESTAC area of Lagos State.

A resident, who pleaded anonymity, said the lovers quarreled for over an hour and later resorted to fighting after Joseph received a phone call from another man in front of her lover, Monday.

The fleeing Monday is said to be from Benin Republic. After the call, Joseph wanted to go out, but Monday ordered her not to. He felt she was going out to meet the caller. Joseph ignored the order and allegedly went to have a date with the caller. This apparently infuriated Monday who was said to be around 25 years old.

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