- The EFCC accuses one Professor Olufunmilade Adeyemi of swindling unsuspecting victims of the sum of N34 million
- The anti-graft agency says the suspect is the managing director of Stealth Groups Limited
- The commission urges anybody with useful information as to the suspect’s whereabouts to contact any of its offices nationwide
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared one Professor Olufunmilade Adeyemi wanted for alleged fraud amounting to the tune of N34 million.
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The anti-graft agency in a statement on Wednesday, September 20, alleged that the suspect swindled unsuspecting victims of the sum of N34 million under the guise of selling property situated within Complete Leisure Estate to them.
The commission said the suspect is the managing director of Stealth Groups Limited, dark in complexion and hails from Ikeja LGA of Lagos state.
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The anti-graft agency also posted photos of the suspect and urged anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts to contact the commission in its Enugu, Ibadan, Kano, Lagos, Maiduguri, Gombe, Port Harcourt and Abuja offices.
Read the statement by the EFCC below:
"Wanted by EFCC: Adjunct Prof. Olufunmilade Adeyemi
"The public is hereby notified that Adjunct Prof. Olufunmilade Adeyemi whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a case of obtaining by false pretense and diversion of funds.
"The suspect is the Managing Director of Stealth Groups Limited and is alleged to have swindled unsuspecting victims of the sum of N34million under the guise of selling property situated within Complete Leisure Estate to them.
"Adeyemi is dark in complexion and hails from Ikeja LGA of Lagos State. He speaks English and Yoruba languages fluently.
"His last known address is Plot 820 Alhaji Shamsi Thomas Crescent, Omole Phase, Ikeja, Lagos and No. 13b Oba Elegushi Beach Road, Lekki, Lagos.
"Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts should contact the Commission in its Enugu, Ibadan, Kano, Lagos, Maiduguri, Gombe, Port Harcourt and Abuja offices or through these numbers 0809 3322 644 (0809 EFCC NIG), 0818 3322 644 (0818 EFCC NIG); its e-mail address: info@efccnigeria.org or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies."
See photos of the suspect below:
Adeyemi is accused of swindling unsuspecting victims of the sum of N34million, photo credit: EFCC - Facebook
The anti-graft agency says the suspect is the managing director of Stealth Groups Limited, photo credit: EFCC - Facebook
Meanwhile, one of the nine counts of $1.6bn crude oil fraud instituted against businessman, Jide Omokore, and five others has been struck out by a Federal High Court in Abuja.
NAIJ.com gathered that Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, in a ruling, struck out the eighth count after hearing an application by a former minister of petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, who had alleged that she was indicted in the particular count, yet was not given the opportunity to defend herself.
The six, named as defendants in the case included, Omokore, his two companies, Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Limited.
Watch in the video below as the EFCC organised a march tagged ‘walk against corruption’ in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Source: Naij.com
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Wednesday, 20 September 2017