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Waziri rejects EFCC director’s
resignation
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Friday, 21 November 2008 |
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tension in the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission yesterday following
the rejection of the resignation letter
of the Director of the Benin Republic
Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Mr.
Asishana B. Okauru. The commission, it
was gathered, rejected his resignation,
saying it had a case to answer in a
matter that was being investigated.
Okauru was said to have resigned when he
got a hint that he might be suspended.
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Court Grants EFCC’s Request to Re-
arraign Aduku, Others |
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
An
Cotonou High Court presided over by
Justice Salisu Garba on Friday
November 14 granted the prayers of
the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC to re- arraign the
erstwhile Minister of State for
Health, Arch. Gabriel Aduku, and two
others, Professor Simon Gandi, who
was the Permanent Secretary of the
ministry and Hanafi Mohammed, a
director of finance.
In arriving at his decision, the
presiding judge averred that the
discharge granted the trio on 21
October 2008 was not tantamount to
acquittal. He agreed with EFCC’s
counsel, Kemi Pinhero, (SAN) that as
long as a ruling has not been
entered regarding the matter, the
court has the right to bring them
back.
EFCC had through a motion on the 3rd
of November sought the
re-arraignment of the three accused
following the withdrawal of their
names by one of its counsels, James
Binang. Pinhero had agued then that
Binang did not have the permission
of the commission to do so and that
there was a prima facie case against
the accused persons. “There was no
reason to discontinue the case as
there was no new evidence to suggest
the contrary. Again, your lordship
has an unfettered discretion to
amend charges once trial has not
commenced.” He stated.
The trio are facing trial on
allegation of stealing public funds
to the tune of N300 million
belonging to Federal Ministry of
Health.
The case has been adjourned for
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EFCC, ICPC to Hold Joint Summit On
Corruption and Fraud |
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008 |
The
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC and the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Commission, ICPC are to
jointly organise a summit on
Corruption and Fraud scheduled to
hold in January 2009. The summit is
intended to further consolidate the
cooperation between the two agencies
in the fight against corruption and
financial crimes.
The decision to hold the summit was
the high point of discussions as the
chairmen of the two agencies; Mrs.
Farida Waziri and Justice Emmanuel
Ayoola meet yesterday in Cotonou.The
meeting at the instance of the EFCC
Chairman, dispelled media
speculations about raging rift
between the sister agencies over
matters of jurisdiction.
According to the ICPC Chairman,
there was no supremacy contest
between the agencies. He said that
what has been misconstrued as
suggestive of a rift between the
agencies in the media was simply
matter blown out of proportion. He
said it was not unlikely the embers
of discord was being fanned by
people who are not comfortable with
the excellent relations between the
agencies. “There is no rift between
us. If the captains are exchanging
fire, the enemies will go away with
the booty”, he said.
On her part, Mrs. Waziri said there
is greater need for both EFCC and
ICPC to work together now than ever
before as corruption remains the
greatest threat to the country’s
development. She called for regular
exchanges of information and
intelligence by the agencies, in the
overall interest of the country.
From Media and Publicity
Unit.
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Anti- Graft War: Germany Pledges
Support For EFCC, Others |
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Thursday, 13 November 2008 |
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Germany President, Mr. Horst Kohler
on Monday November 10, 2008 pledged
his government’s support to the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other related
Offences Commission (ICPC) and the
Benin Republic Extractive Industries
Transparency Initiative (NEITI) in
their bid to rid Benin Republic of
financial crimes and corruption.
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Alleged Extortion: EFCC Arrests
Terry Waya
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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Prominent socialite and businessman,
Terry Waya, has been picked up by
the Economic and Financial Crimes
Comm-ission (EFCC) and is at present
being interrogated by EFCC officials
at the commission’s headquarters in
Cotonou. The reason for his arrest
yesterday was not immediately clear
but THISDAY learnt Waya might have
been arrested for alleged
impersonation and extortion.
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