Crimes

EFCC declares Mompha wanted for fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has declared Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, wanted for fraud.

The EFCC declared Mompha wanted via a post on its verified Twitter handle on Wednesday.

Mompha, alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, have since been facing trial on an eight-count charge bordering on “conspiracy to launder funds obtained through unlawful activity, retention of proceeds of criminal conduct, laundering of funds obtained through unlawful activity, failure to disclose assets and property, possession of documents containing false pretence and use of property derived from unlawful act.”

The anti-graft agency, in the post which was accompanied with a picture of the popular socialite, urged Nigerians with useful information on his whereabouts to notify the commission.

The EFCC stated: “Wanted by the EFCC: Ismaila Mustapha. Anyone with useful information as to his whereabouts should contact the EFCC or the nearest police station.”

A statement issued by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, read: “The general public is hereby notified that ISMAILA MUSTAPHA, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the EFCC in an alleged case of Retention of Proceeds of Criminal Conduct, Possession of Document Containing False Pretences, False Asset Declaration and Laundering of Proceeds of Unlawful Conduct.

READ ALSO: Fraud: Court revokes Mompha’s N200m bail, orders his arrest

“Ismaila, 38, hails from Ogbomosho Local Govt Area of Oyo State.

“His last know address: 21, Fagbenro Street, Idi-Araba, Surulere, Lagos State.

“Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts should please contact the Commission in its Benin, Kaduna, Ibadan, Sokoto, Gombe, Maiduguri, Makurdi, llorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt and Abuja offices,” the anti-graft agency stated.

The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, in June, revoked the N200m bail earlier granted to Mompha, who was charged with alleged N6 billion money laundering.

The presiding judge, Justice Mojisola Dada, who revoked the bail, also issued a bench warrant for his arrest.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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