Crime
EFCC arrests ‘fake personal assistant’ of Seyi Makinde
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Babawale Olayinka, an alleged impersonator and internet fraudster.
Olayinka was said to have paraded himself as the personal assistant on media matters to Seyi Makinde, the Oyo state governor.
The Ibadan zone of the EFCC said 25 other suspected fraudsters were arrested alongside Olayinka in the Soka area of Ibadan.
According to the anti-graft agency, the arrest was executed after intelligence gathering was conducted on their internet activities.
The EFCC said: “Operatives of the Ibadan zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday, February 11, 2022, arrested one Babawale Olayinka, a self-style Personal Assistant to the Oyo state governor on media matters, and 25 others at Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo state, over alleged internet-related fraud activities.
“The 25 suspects have admitted involvement in internet fraud activities. The indicted suspects are Wale Jegede, Adekunle Solomon, Babawale Olayinka, Olanipekun Adams, Toheeb Ademola, Olatunji Gbolahan, Oyowevotu Moses, Olaide Opeyemi, Olamilekan Rilwan, Olamilekan Akinyemi, Lekan Adenuga, Salami Segun, Lawal Samuel and Kolawole Fuad.”
Olarenwaju Gbolahan, Makinde Olamiposi, Michael Timileyin, Sheriff Ololade, Adewale Dayo, Ajobola Tajudeen, Kazeem Warrees, Obinna Duru, Shotayo Sola, Mohammed Suleiman and Makinde Ajibola complete the list of those arrested.
The EFCC said an identity card depicting Olayinka as the governor’s personal assistant was also recovered.
Other items said to have been recovered from the suspects include seven exotic cars, several laptops, mobile phones and incriminating documents.
The commission said the suspects will be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a businessman identified as an ‘I Just Got Back’ returnee for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the country.
Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, shared videos of the seized contraband on X.com on Sunday.
The suspect, who had just returned from a foreign trip, initially raised suspicion due to his nervous demeanour.
NDLEA officials subjected him to a routine screening, during which wraps of cocaine began to fall from his body.
The statement said: “Narco-trend update: The moment #ndlea_nigeria officers intercepted an ‘I Just Got Back’ businessman, screened him, and wraps of cocaine began to ‘rain’ from his body. Who will tell them that NDLEA will always get them no matter the mode of concealment?”
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A Madrid court on Friday sentenced former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato to more than four years in prison for tax crimes, money laundering and corruption.
Judges found Rato who was also a former economy minister in Spain, guilty of “three offences against the treasury, one offence of money laundering and one offence of corruption between individuals,” the court announced in a statement.
A Paris court on Thursday sentenced the brother of France midfielder, Paul Pogba, to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after convicting him in a high-profile extortion case.
Mathias Pogba will be able to serve his one-year sentence with an electronic bracelet rather than behind bars.
The court also fined Pogba’s brother 20,000 euros for participating in the attempted extortion of 13 million euros ($13.5 million) from Pogba in 2022, and for putting pressure on the player, his family and his business contacts to obtain the payment.
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