EFCC hunts female ATM thief for stealing N3m

 

The suspect

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a nationwide manhunt for a woman believed to be in her 20s, Tofunmi Akinade, who is alleged to be a serial Automated Teller Machine fraudster and identity thief.

The EFCC said on its official Facebook page that the suspect recently stole the ATM card of a woman and stole over N1m from the account.

The commission said Akinade’s modus operandi was to stand near ATMs under the guise of helping old or physically-challenged people to withdraw money only for her to swap their ATM cards and convert them to her ownThe anti-graft agency said the suspect “does not work during the official hours of the week”, adding that she operated late in the night when all bank transactions had closed and preferably at weekends when her prospective victims might not be able to alert the banks to their missing ATM cards.

The anti-graft agency said, “The Ibadan zonal office of the EFCC is on the trail of a suspected ATM fraudster, who goes by the name Akinade Tofunmi. Her trade in stock is identity theft. Her duty post is any ATM point and Point of Sales (POS) machines across the country.

 “In her last operation, within 24 hours, this fraudster who operates with the identity of her victims succeeded in racking in about N3m.

“On Friday, June 3, 2016, at about the close of work, a woman, identified simply as Alhaja and her husband, who was waiting in the car, wanted to use an ATM somewhere in Ibadan, Oyo State, when Tofunmi noticed that the woman limped.

“Pretending to be polite and cultured, she offered to assist her with the transaction on the ATM. Unaware of the intention behind the pious approach, she gave the fraudster her ATM card and divulged her PIN.

“Smartly, the fraudster quickly checked the balance in the account which had N1, 749, 026.07. After the intended withdrawal of N20,000, the fraudster swapped the card and gave Alhaja a fake ATM card. Oblivious of the swap, she left with her husband.”

The EFCC said before midnight, the fraudster started withdrawing money from her victim’s account.

It alleged that she withdrew N130,000 and having exceeded the daily withdrawal limit for that day, she waited for a few minutes into the following day which was a Saturday and withdrew another N150,000.

It added that in a desperate attempt to empty the balance in the account, the suspect went to a night club where she met a motorcycle rider, popularly called okada rider, whom she approached for help.

The EFCC added, “She told the okada rider that she had enough money in her account, but could not access it having exceeded her daily withdrawal limit. She showed the okada man her balance and pleaded with him to give her his ATM card, account details and PIN for a quick teller transfer from her (Alhaja’s) account to the okada man’s account.

“With that, she was able to transfer some of Alhaja’s money in the okada man’s account, thereby stealing the identity of the unsuspecting okada man.”

The commission said in the early hours of that Saturday, she asked the okada man to take her to a hotel with an intention to further steal the identity of the hotel for another movement of the money.

It added, “At the hotel reception while paying for her accommodation which was N10,000 for one night, she deliberately credited the hotel’s account with N101,000 feigning a mistake and demanded a refund of N91,000  balance of an overpayment. This was also done with Alhaja’s ATM card through the POS machine at the hotel.

“To further conceal her identity, she provided fake personal details in the hotel and gave the hotel the okada man’s account detail when the hotel management requested an account to deposit the refund.”

The EFCC said the suspect left the hotel and fled to Ilorin, Kwara State, with Alhaja’s ATM cards.

It said the okada rider had since been arrested and was helping detectives with investigation

GUARD ARRESTED FOR RAPING PUPIL ON SCHOOL PREMISES

Apapa Magistrate’s Court

Afeez Hanafi

The police have arrested a security guard of a public school in Lagos, Adeniyi Primary School, Itire, for allegedly raping an eight-year-old pupil.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the 40-year-old suspect, Friday Oshoba, aka Mopol, committed the alleged crime while the primary 2 pupil, Mercy (pseudonym), was waiting for her sister to pick her up after the school closed around 2pm.

Oshoba was said to have persuaded her to follow him to a deserted spot within the school and removed her underwear. He reportedly raped her afterwards.

It was gathered that a class five pupil, identified only as Bukola, who was sent on an errand by a schoolteacher, caught the guard in the act and reported to the teacher.

Our correspondent learnt that Mercy, on getting home, recounted the incident to her parents. An uncle of the girl followed her to the school the following day and reported the matter to the head teacher.

The head teacher was said to have invited policemen from the Itire division, leading to Oshoba’s arrest.

Mercy, in her statements to the police, said, “I was in the school on May 11 at about 2pm when Mopol (Oshoba) called me to a place on the school premises. He removed my underwear and put his thing (manhood) inside my bum-bum. Bukola, who is in primary five, saw us and reported to her teacher. I also told my daddy when I got home.”

The suspect, an indigene of Ekpoma, Edo State, denied raping the girl, saying he did not know her name. Oshoba was, however, silent in his statement on whether he took Mercy to any spot as alleged.

He said, “The girl is one of our pupils in Adeniyi Primary School.

“I did not know her name, but I know she is in Primary two. I did not do anything with her. I was married, but my wife left me and I don’t have any child.”

However, a social worker at the Mirabel Centre, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, where medical examinations were carried out on the victim, said Mercy had bruises in her private parts.

The worker, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said, “The result of the test conducted on the girl shows that she had bruises and fresh lacerations on her hymen. These suggest that the suspect forcefully penetrated her private parts as she claimed.”

 Oshoba was subsequently brought before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court by a police prosecutor, Francisca Job, on one count of rape.

The charge read, “That you, Friday Oshoba, on May 11, 2016, at about 2pm, at Adeniyi Primary School, Itire, Lagos State, in the Apapa Magisterial District, did defile an eight-year-old girl… thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.”

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge. The presiding magistrate, Mrs. A.O. Adegbite, admitted him to bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.

The case was adjourned till July 27, 2016.

Alleged SAN’s bribe: EFCC to prosecute retired judge, Yunusa

Alleged SAN's bribe: EFCC to prosecute retired jugde,Yunusa

 

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Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to charge suspended Federal High Court judge, Justice Mohammed Yunusa, who the National Judicial Commission recently recommended for retirement.

The EFCC had, in February, lodged a complaint of alleged misconduct against Yunusa before the NJC.

Yunusa first became the subject of an EFCC investigation when the commission was investigating a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Rickey Tarfa, who is on trial for allegedly offering gratification to a public official.

The EFCC also stated that from its investigations, Tarfa’s law firm, Rickey Tarfa & Co., with Access Bank account number 0000964760, paid N225,000 into Justice Yunusa’s bank account.

The commission had further alleged that “the N225, 000 was accepted and acknowledged by Justice Yunusa in a text message to Tarfa wherein he said, “Thank you my senior advocate.”

However, Tarfa stated in an affidavit he filed before a Federal High Court in Lagos, that the money was a contribution by some friends of Justice Yunusa towards the funeral rites of his father-in-law, Audi Damasa.

Apart from the Tarfa case, the NJC also received two petitions against the judge in respect of some matters – Honeywell v ECOBANK and Sterling Bank v Joma Frozen Foods Product Limited.

The judge was also reportedly sanctioned for his decision to grant an interlocutory injunction stopping the EFCC from investigating and arresting Senator Stella Oduah, a former Minister of Aviation, who was accused of embezzlement of public funds and acts of fraud in contracts.

In a petition by Civil Society Network Against Corruption, the group accused the judge of consistent refusal to abide by judicial precedents laid down by the apex court in granting orders and injunctions against the EFCC.

It listed some of the cases concerned as FHC/L/CS/1471/2015 Mr. Simon John Adonmene & 3ors v the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed on September 21, 2015;  FHC/L/CS/487/14 – FRN v. Michael Adenuga; FHC/L/CS/1342/15. Senator Stella Oduah v. AG Federation, EFCC, ICPC and IGP; FHC/L/CS/1285/15 – Jyde Adelakun & Anor v. Chairman, EFCC & Anor; FHC/L/CS/1445/15 – Dr. Martins Oluwafemi Thomas v. EFCC; FHC/L/CS/1269/15 – Honourable Shamsudeen Abogu v. EFCC & Ors; and FHC/L/CS/1012/15 – Hon. Teeth Dauzia Loya v. EFCC.

A reliable source at the anti-graft agency hailed the decision of the NJC recommending Yunusa for retirement.

A detective, who did not want his name in print said, “We are already prosecuting Tarfa for bribing a judge. It therefore follows that the judge must be prosecuted for allegedly receiving a bribe.

“Now that the judge has been retired, we will have the freedom to even carry out further investigations and look into some of the cases that he handled. We might even reopen some of the cases that he threw out.

“It will also boost our case against Tarfa, which is currently in court. This is a welcome development and a victory for the anti-graft war.”

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), said the prosecution of the judge, after his manner of retirement, was expected.

Sagay said it was within the power of the EFCC to investigate the judge for the other petitions written against him.

“Yes, the EFCC is competent to investigate the judge further as it sees fit,” the senior advocate added.

ÉKO DISCO'S REVENUE DROPS TO N1.5BN MONTHLY...READ IT ALL ON TAFIA WORLD

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc. on Monday said that its monthly revenue generation had dropped from N4 billion to N 1.5 billion.

Mr Oladele Amoda, EKEDP Chief Executive Officer, said that the drop was due to inadequate electricity supply to the network.

Amoda attributed the reduction to pipeline gas disruption in the Niger Delta.

He added that the company usually generated above N4 billion monthly but it had dropped to N1.5 billion.

“The drastic drop in power supply within our network has affected the company’s operation deeply.

“It has also impacted on the revenue and business activities of the company significantly,“he said.

He said that the shortfall had adversely impacted on the ability of the company to make capital investment in metering, network expansion, equipment rehabilitation and replacement that were critical to service delivery.

“This is a cash crisis that threatens to completely undermine the electricity value chain and ability to continue to serve consumers,” he said.

Amoda said that Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) debts, including interest, now stood at N93 billion.

He said the industry could not survive with this in addition to the dearth of foreign exchange.

Amoda added that shortage of foreign exchange was also contributing negatively to aggregate industry performance.

“The ability of the industry to meet its service delivery obligation is severely constrained by lack of access to foreign exchange,” he said.

He also said that vandalism of gas pipelines had led to massive drop in power generation.

“Therefore, distribution companies should not be blamed for poor power supply because we cannot give what we don’t have’,” he said.

Amoda said that it had secured additional 160 megawatts of electricity to augment its allocation from the national grid.

He said that the company had entered into bilateral agreements with Egbin Power Plc and Paras Energy & Natural Resources Development Limited for effective electricity supply within its network.

He said that the company was also discussing with other firms for more embedded and captive power purchase.

Amoda said the company voted N50 billion to procure smart meters to realise its three-year metering programme for over 400,000 customers.

He said that 7,500 Maximum Demand (MD) meters and 50,000 non-MD were acquired and installation of the meters had begun.

Amoda said about 9.7 million dollars was spent on purchase of the MD meters while N2.8 billion was spent on non-MD meters, adding that about N5 billion had been spent on the MD and non-MD meters.

“These meters both for MD and non-MD constitute only the first phase of our metering plan that will see all 400,000 customers metered free of charge,“he said.

“Because of our belief in contributing meaningfully to the local economy, we have procured a larger portion of these meters from local meter manufacturers.

“For those customers that cannot wait for the installation schedule, they can get their meters immediately through Credited Advance Payment for Metering Implementation (CAPMI).

“Such customers pay for the meters and later pay back gradually by the distribution company,” he added.

Amoda said that the number of smart prepaid meters supplied to its customers would reach 200,000 by the end of this year.

GAS EXPLOSION IN EDO STATE...READ IT ALL ON TAFIA WORLD

 

 

 

Alexander Okere, Benin 

No fewer than three persons, including two children, have been killed by a gas explosion at 32, Osazuwa Street, along Agbor road, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State.

Ten other persons were also said to have been injured in the fatal incident that occurred at about 7am on Sunday.

The deceased were identified as 11-year-old Favour Okotie and Odion Okotie, aged two, and one Augustine, also known as Ebo.

 

Alexander Okere, Benin 

No fewer than three persons, including two children, have been killed by a gas explosion at 32, Osazuwa Street, along Agbor road, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State.

Ten other persons were also said to have been injured in the fatal incident that occurred at about 7am on Sunday.

The deceased were identified as 11-year-old Favour Okotie and Odion Okotie, aged two, and one Augustine, also known as Ebo.

TWO HOMOSEXUAALS RESCUED MOB IN ENUGU... READ IT ALL ON TAFIA WORLD

Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu

Two suspected homosexuals, Orji Odinaka, 32, and Ejineme Nonso, 22, are being held by the police in Enugu State.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the two men were rescued from an irate mob that wanted to set them ablaze.He said the incident took place in the Coal Camp area of Enugu on Saturday

Amaraizu explained that Odinaka, a commercial driver  in Enugu, was accosted by the mob after he attempted to rape one Sunday, a wheelbarrow pusher, who was in the same room with him.

“The boy raised the alarm, a development which attracted people in the area.

“Nonso, who was alleged to be Odinaka’s accomplice in the gay practice, was also accosted by the mob after another boy, Chimezie, revealed that he had been threatening him for refusing to succumb to his homosexual advances,” the PPRO added.

Amaraizu said the mob had already stripped Odinaka and Nonso naked, and was about setting them ablaze when policemen from the Enugu Central Police Station arrived at the scene.

The two men were immediately taken into custody.

Amaraizu said Odinaka told the police that he was married, but his wife left him because of his homosexual activities.

Odinaka also allegedly said he had visited several men of God for prayers in an unsuccessful bid to drop the homosexual habit.

Nonso was said to have told the police that he had left the homosexual practice until he saw the boy, Chimezie, who reported him to the irate mob.

Amaraizu said the two homosexuals were being investigated by the police.

DO BUHARI'S APPOINTMENTS REFLECT FEDERAL CHARACTER? READ IT ALL ON TAFIA WORLD

 

I have never liked the principle of federal character. It is an opportunity to fill public offices with unqualified people. I mean people who are intellectually undeserving. I am sure that I am speaking the minds of many Nigerians. I believe in one thing: if somebody is good, don’t play politics with his competence.

We should not sacrifice meritocracy on the altar of federal character. Which country has ever developed by doing that? All the developed countries of the world have always gone for the best when filling vacant positions. They do not care about where the appointee comes from. The principle of federal character is retrogressive in terms of the economic development of the country. That is why people who are qualified for certain jobs are never given the opportunities. On the contrary, those who do not have anything to offer are given sensitive jobs. The civil service is where it is today because of the principle of federal character.

If President Muhammadu Buhari believes that good people come from a particular local government area, let them come and work for the country. The earlier we do away with federal character, the better for this great country.This is my position.

 

 

 

MR ONE IN A MILLION ON IT AGAIN, GABBY FT METADOR IN THE INDUSTRY, dropping soon...........

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Gabby is taking the music to another level dropping hits after hit, some of his hits tracks are dorothy,one in a million that took the air waves in a storm.

Now he is coming out again with another one named the industry, i bet you this track and its lyrics is to encourage all EU deejay, promoter and Entertainers to come together, the need for us all to work together, Gabby belive in unity and he has gone out all the way to plead with us all to unite and stop the beef and work together.

Tafia world will bring you the download link once the trck is out.


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