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  • Mali arrests two suspects linked to Bamako hotel attack

    Mali authorities have arrested two men suspected of links to last week’s  attack on a luxury hotel in the capital that killed 20 people, the security ministry said.

    “There are two suspects arrested,” Amadou Sangho, a spokesman for the ministry said without naming them.

    Another source close to the investigation said the suspects had been brought in for interrogation, based on information found in one of the attacker’s mobile phones.

    One of them had been regularly in touch with one of the gunmen since August, while another sent telephone credit to an attacker, he said.

    “It’s only after questioning that we will find out if the second suspect sells phone credit or is an accomplice,” said the source, requesting anonymity.

    Two armed men launched a dawn raid on the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako on November 20, killing six Russians, three Chinese and an American among others.

    The siege ended hours later when Malian commandos stormed the hotel and freed 170 hostages after killing two attackers.

    Three radical extremist groups – al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI), its splinter group al Mourabitoun and Massina Liberation Front (MLF) claimed responsibility.

    Security analysts say they could be collaborating.

  • Ebonyi police parade suspects

    Ebonyi police parade suspects

    The Ebonyi State police command has arrested 18 persons for robbery, attempted murder, unlawful possession of firearms, cultism, vandalism and others.

    Nine of the suspects were paraded yesterday at the command’s headquarters in Abakaliki.

    Commissioner of Police Peace Abdallah Ibekwe said three of the suspects, Ndubuisi Iseh, Uchenna Nweke and Sunday Elom, were arrested while planning a robbery operation.

    She said the gang attacked a patrol team at Evangel Camp Junction in Okpoto Ishielu on the Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway, injured the officers and snatched three AK47.

    “While the officers are hospitalised, the command, through intelligence,  smashed an intended robbery attack by the same gang.

    “The AK47 were recovered with 13 live ammunition. The suspects confessed that they had planned to block the Lokoja/Abuja Highway to rob.”

    Ibekwe said efforts were still on to track the suspects.

    Three others – Samuel Agha, Francis Okoro and Chukwu Ogbonnaya were arrested for being in possession of four locally-made pistols and four live cartridges. They have been charged to court.

    Onyema Nwali, John Nwopokwu and Friday Nwakpa were arrested at Ihoto Ameka Ezza South after a tip off and an AK47 was recovered from them.

    “Nnanna Igwe and Ugbu John were arrested after a tip off while planning a robbery operation. One locally-made pistol, one live ammunition and one expended cartridge were recovered from them. The patrol team also intercepted Kelechi Alo at Abaomege-Afikpo Highway and recovered four new local pistols with 13 9mm live ammunition from him,” Ibekwe added.

    Appreciating the support of relevant stakeholders, the commissioner assured residents of security during the Yuletide.

    “The command will continue in its efforts to stamp out crime in the state. The police is driven by a leadership that demands excellence and commitment to selfless service to Nigerians”, she said.

  • Fake bank alert: Oyo Police parade four suspects for duping car dealer

    The Oyo State Police Command has arrested four persons for allegedly duping a car dealer in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, with a fake bank credit alert of N1.4million the Friday before last.

    Briefing journalists while parading the suspects at the Eleyele Police Headquarters in Ibadan, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Leye Oyebade‎, said that the car was said to have been advertised on Cheki.com by a car dealer, Mr. Segun Okeowo, who is based in Ibadan.

    Oyebade gave the names of the suspects as Kingsley Thomas, 25, Ifeanyichukwu Nwaegerue, 30, Ikechukwu Egbere, 28, and Uchena Agba, 27.

    The police boss said: “Two among the suspects, who were based in Port Harcourt in Rivers State, signified interest in buying the car on September 15, last month. The car, Toyota Corolla saloon car, which was purportedly stolen through the means by the suspects in Ibadan, was recovered from the accused in Port Harcourt.

    “Having completed negotiation, the suspects sent a manipulated false credit alert of N1.4million to the bank account of the unsuspecting auto dealer, who thereafter released and caused the car to be delivered to the supposed genuine buyer at Port Harcourt.

    “It, however, dawned on the complainant that he had been defrauded when he went to the bank for confirmation and was astonished to hear that no such money was paid. Consequently, upon the complaint, the command’s Special Monitoring Unit set in motion machinery to arrest the culprits.

    “On September 25, 2015, two of the suspects swallowed the bait set by detectives, walked into the dragnet and were rounded up somewhere in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The arrest and subsequent confession of the duo led to the arrest of other members of the gang, who were picked up at different locations in Rivers and Abia States.”

    The second group of the suspects comprised six persons who were alleged to have vandalised and stolen giant generators installed by telecommunication service providers to power their masts.

    They reportedly committed the offence last Tuesday. Items recovered from them included five giant generators, a half engine and one small welding machine at Okebola area of Ibadan.

    The third set of the accused consisted of two persons, Akpan Nyanya, 45, and Ebere Akagba, 43, who were alleged to have trailed one Ambali Lawal from a commercial bank in Iwo Road, Ibadan, where he had gone to collect N500,000. He was waylaid at Olubodun Street in Academy axis of Iwo Road by the two-man robbery gang operating on a motorcycle.

    “The armed hoodlums fired some gunshots to subdue their victim, but the alarm raised by the victim and sympathisers attracted the attention of a police patrol team from the Alakia/Adelubi Division. The prompt response of the policemen led to the arrest of the bandits,” said the police chief.

    Items said to have been recovered from the suspects included one English-made Barreta pistol, three live ammunition, seven expended 9mm ammunition and shells, and one Honda motorcycle with registration number NRK 475 QC.

  • Anti-graft war: We don’t torture suspects in EFCC, says Lamorde

    Anti-graft war: We don’t torture suspects in EFCC, says Lamorde

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) does not obtain statement from suspects under duress, its chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, said yesterday.

    He said the state-of-the-art recording facilities in the EFCC interrogation rooms would not allow any investigator to humiliate a suspect.

    He, however, pleaded with Western nations to reject and return stolen funds.

    Lamorde, who made the clarifications during a visit by two officials of Amnesty International (AI), said corruption was the worst form of human rights abuse.

    He said: “The EFCC follows the rule of law. Our statements are recorded and are not taken under duress. Our rooms have cameras in them. So, it is not possible to humiliate anyone.”

    He urged Western countries to continue to reject and return stolen funds.

    Lamorde added: “Western countries must end the impoverisation of developing countries. They must reject and return stolen funds, so that respective governments of the affected developing countries could use the money to better the lives of the poor in their countries.

    “It is the commonwealth of the people that has been diverted for private use. So, it is the worst form of human rights abuse. When corruption and impunity become the order of the day, human rights abuses flourish.

    “When you consider the cause of water-borne diseases suffered by people in rural areas, it is because someone has diverted the funds meant for pipe-borne water in those areas.

    ‘Also, when you consider the fact that our hospitals lack basic amenities, it is because some people have kept the funds allocated to the hospitals to themselves. I, therefore, urge you to consider partnering the EFCC.”

    On his part, the Senior Director, Office of the Secretary General of Amnesty International, Mr. Colm O Cuanachain, said  nations that take anti-corruption war seriously would experience “phenomenal growth”.

    Cuanachain, who expressed the readiness of AI to partner EFCC, also talked about the activities of the AI in the Northeast, the Niger Delta and Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where he said corruption had contributed to human rights violation.

    He decried the death penalty as punishment for looters of the treasury.

    “It is not the best option in the fight against corruption,” he said.

    The Executive Director, Amnesty International Nigeria, M.K. Ibrahim, emphasised the need for the people to be educated on the effects of corruption and human rights violations.

     

  • How we abducted Falae, by suspects

    How we abducted Falae, by suspects

    •‘Our leader bolted with N5m’

    Their looks belie their dare-devilry. As they stood before reporters in Abuja yesterday when they were paraded by the Department of State Service (DSS), they cut the picture of innocence.

    But standing in full public glare were two of the suspected abductors of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and defunct Alliance for Democracy (AD) presidential candidate Chief Olu Falae.

    The suspects, Abdullahi Usman (aka Kadiri), 26, and Babawuro Kato, denied playing major roles in Falae’s abduction.

    Falae, the Olu of Ilu Abo near Akure, the Ondo State capital, was kidnapped last month from his farm in Ilado by some Fulani herdsmen, who collected ransom before releasing him four days later.

    The DSS is worried about what it called the ethnic dimension his abduction has taken.

    It insisted yesterday  that Falae’s abduction was “a mere criminal act.”

    After Falae’s release, a group of Yoruba leaders  warned Fulani herdsmen to vacate Yoruba land or risk expulsion.

    Addressing reporters at the DSS headquarters in Abuja, an official of the agency Mr. Abdullahi Garba, described as erroneous any indication of ethnicity in Falae’s kidnap. “The Service wishes to state that the abductors are mere criminals,” he said.

    The Service paraded two of the suspected kidnappers who admitted to abducting the 77-year-old High chief.

    Garba said: “Investigations have further revealed that their action was not targeted at Falae as a statesman and prominent Yoruba leader; we called this news conference because some people were unduly giving ethnic colouration to this.”

    Usman and Kato, who are Fulani, claimed that they only met in pursuit of making quick money and without knowing about the target chosen by the group leader.

    Abdullahi, who said he left Lokoja and used his motorcycle to transport their ring-leader, Dattijo and Chief Falae who was sandwiched between them claimed that he never knew the identity of their victim.

    Usman (Aka Kadiri) explained how he helped to pinpoint “a big man who goes to his farm in Toyota Hilux van” who could be kidnapped to provide Sallah and wedding funds to some of his friends.

    Usman said he was approached by some of his friends in Kwara State shortly before the last Eid El-Kabir during a wedding ceremony.

    Usman recalled that Datijo approached him complaining that he was so broke that he might not be able to satisfactorily celebrate the coming festival unless he (Usman) was able to give information on any big man that could be abducted for money.

    “I then told him that I know one man who to brings a Hilux vehicle to his farm and I used to see him as I move my cows about”, he told reporters.

    Usman said they then took Falae to Owo where he was kept at a place called ‘Pipeline’ around Benin junction.

    Eventually, the ransom of N5 million was paid to Datijo, who “made away with the money”.

    Elaborating further, Kato said he was the one on errand to buy the bread and Coca-Cola requested by the kidnap victim, adding that their leader, simply identified as Dattijo, who claimed that he was going to Abuja to collect the money eventually bolted away with the ransom money and switched off his mobile phone.

    Mr. Garba warned that the DSS would not take kindly to any further attempt to misinterpret a criminal incident and cause people to turn against one another.

    “It will be recalled that Chief Falae, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) was on Monday 21st September, 2015, abducted by armed men on his farm located at Ilado village, Akure, Ondo State.

    “Even though he has been released by his abductors who collected the sum of five million Naira (N5m) ransom, two of the abductors were arrested by the Service on 5th October, 2015 at J. Zebra Hotel along Ganaja Road, Lokoja, Kogi State.

    “The duo arrested are Abdullahi Usman (aka Kadiri) and Babawuro Kato; the Service wishes to state that the abductors were mere criminals.

    “Nigerians are therefore enjoined to live peacefully with one another and shun attempts by mischief-makers to give this unfortunate incident an ethnic or any other coloration and use same to cause disaffection among the populace.

    “To this effect, this Service wishes to appeal to all Nigerians to be law abiding and responsible in their commentary on sensitive issues affecting national security.

    “The Service will not hesitate to deal decisively with anybody, no matter how highly placed, in accordance with the law as long as such a person(s) failed to be a respecter of the law or peacefully co-exist among the good citizens of this great nation,” Mr. Garba stated, adding that efforts are being intensified to ensure that all those involved in the criminal act are brought to justice.

  • EFCC seeks special courts to try suspects

    EFCC seeks special courts to try suspects

    Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman  Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde has said that tracing looted funds and assets abroad is cumbersome.

    He recommended the establishment of special courts to fast track prosecution of corruption suspects.

    The EFCC has replied the Senate’s on its allegation that N1.3trillion seized from convicts was diverted.

    Lamorde spoke in an interview with BBC which was reproduced in the EFCC Alert magazine.

    He said: “You see, whatever you do, one must be conscious that it is within the ambit of the law; so there are no shortcuts to investigating and prosecuting corruption cases. Everything must be done according to what the law provides.

    “People expect magic and it doesn’t work that way. In developed countries of the world, if we look at all corruption cases, none of their investigations and prosecutions has lasted less than five years.

    “I give you the example of James Ibori (a former governor of Delta State), that is serving jail term in United Kingdom. We started working with the Metropolitan Police on this case around 2005, they didn’t go to court until 2009 or 2010 and some of the processes are still in court like the confiscation process.

    “Nobody keeps resources, funds or assets in their names within the jurisdiction where they commit such offences. Most times, they move out of their immediate jurisdiction. So, the processes of tracking these assets and funds that are stolen are cumbersome.

    “Once it is not done within your jurisdiction, it becomes issues of cooperation with other law enforcement agencies in other countries and that takes time.

    “Not only that, trying to identify these assets also takes a lot of resources and time.”

    On alleged diversion of N1.3trillion by EFCC, Lamorde said the anti-graft agency has written the Senate on issues raised by a petitioner, George Uboh.

    He added: “It’s true that such allegation has been made but we have written to the Senate. We have respectfully responded to the letter of invitation sent to us, explaining why we were not able to go by the date given. We think that based on what we have written to them, a new date should be given to us for us to engage them to discuss the issue concerned.

    “We have engaged the services of a reputable audit firm since last year to work on all assets that have been seized and recovered by the EFCC.

    “We want to have a comprehensive report that will stand the test of time. I’m not only talking about 2012 to 2015 that I am in charge of affairs, I asked them to look from the day the commission was created, that is April 2003 to date, so that we have a comprehensive report we can put in public space. Any person who has issues with that can challenge it and we will look at it.

    “You see, people judge others by their standards. If they are entrusted with public funds, they will misuse it. So they just assume every other person can do the same. So, they look at you from their own perspective of what they may do or what they are doing. I think that is what is happening.:

    Lamorde also said he is in support of the creation of special courts to try financial crimes suspects

    He said the special courts would hasten the trial of suspects accused of corrupt practices.

    I think it will be very helpful; it will improve the anti-corruption drive tremendously if dedicated courts or specialized courts are created or we designate certain courts specifically for economic and financial crimes and corruption.

    I think it will also give room for specialization, making them proficient in what they do. In a situation whereby a judge listens to a case of divorce and then the next case is armed robbery, the next one is rape, then they go into corruption, then he must have lost concentration because judges are human beings, no matter how good they are.

    “So, it will be very good if we can get a court designated for corruption and related cases.”

  • Navy arrests 15 suspects, ‘illegal’ vessel in Calabar

    Navy arrests 15 suspects, ‘illegal’ vessel in Calabar

    Men of the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) yesterday arrested 15 men for “illegally” operating a fishing trawler on the Calabar, Cross River State, waterways.

    Parading the suspects and the vessel at the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Victory Jetty in Calabar, ENC’s Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Rear Admiral Atiku Abdulkadir said they were arrested at the Calabar Fairway Buoy.

    Those arrested included 14 Nigerians and a Ghanaian, who allegedly had no documents.

    The FOC said the vessel was on sea without relevant documents, thus posing security threats to the area.

    He said: “From security point of view, it can be taken over by pirates. This can become a problem for others. This ship is not on any of our cleared lists to be on the sea.”

    Abdulkadir said the suspects and the vessel would be handed over to the relevant authorities, after investigation.

    The vessel’s captain, Martin Baleta, who said he was from Badagry, admitted he was operating without relevant documents.

     

  • Kidnap suspects held in Ebonyi

    Kidnap suspects held in Ebonyi

    The police are making some headway in scaling back violent crimes in Ebonyi State with the arrest of a gang of suspected kidnappers.

    The state Commissioner of Police Peace Ibekwe Abdalah said the suspects were notorious and had been terrorising the state.

    The command recently rescued a kidnapped doctor unhurt after he was abducted from his hospital in Abakaliki, the state capital.

    It followed it up by arresting a gang of suspected kidnappers who abducted the Afikpo Zonal Manager of the Nigerian Breweries Limited, Kehinde Baruwa who was kidnapped just by the street where he lives, off Ndibe Beach Road in Afikpo North Local Government Area.

    The suspects paraded included Gabriel Ibiam Otta from Afikpo, Tochukwu Okezie from Ubakala Abia State, Emeka Samson, a commercial motorcyclist whose bike was allegedly used by the suspects.

    One of the suspects who went to collect ransom for the release of the victim was killed by the police with the money recovered.

    Briefing reporters at the police headquarters, Abakaliki, where the suspects were paraded, Mr. Abdalah said the suspects had demanded N50m ransom from Baruwa’s wife for the release of the victim which they later reduced to N300,000 during negotiation.

    According to her, at the point of collection of the ransom around Afikpo Government Secondary School, the Anti-Kidnapping team of the State Police Command who had taken over the scene arrested two members of the gang who came to collect the ransom.

    “The suspects volunteered vital information to the police which led to the successful rescue of the victim that was being held captive at Ubakala in Umuahia, Abia State.

    “The kidnappers’ den was stormed by a combined team of anti-kidnapping and SARS, Ebonyi State Police Command, and two more kidnappers were arrested while some escaped,” she disclosed.

    •Some weapons allegedly used by the suspects
    •Some weapons allegedly used by the suspects

    She said two locally-made double-barrel pistols with two live cartridges were recovered from the suspects, adding that investigation into the matter is still ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspects.

    The Commissioner of Police in the state restated her earlier warning to criminals to keep off from the state or be ready to face the long arm of the law.

  • DSS bursts notorious kidnap syndicates, arrests suspects

    DSS bursts notorious kidnap syndicates, arrests suspects

    The Department of State Services (DSS) has burst a number of kidnap syndicates and arrested some of the masterminds of the gangs across the states.

    The gangs have been terrorising their victims and members of the public, particularly in the South-South, South-West and the North-West zones of the country in the last few months.

    Some of the victims were raped, maimed or murdered by the gang members, thereby inflicting psychological pains, humiliation and grief on the victims and their families, even after collecting huge sums in ransom from their families.

    A statement yesterday by the Acting spokesman of the DSS, Mr. Tony Opuiyo said the suspects were arrested in special tactical operations across flash point states.

    Among the suspects arrested were Victor Afikparobo of the Federa Gang operating within Ikorodu/Otta axis in Lagos and Ogun states. He was arrested alongside some of his gang members on July 20.

    John Felix, Rowson Anufa and Obukoko Emoabe operating along Lagos-Ikorodu Road and Owo in Ondo state were also arrested on July 22.

    The statement said, “On 24th July, 2015, about 0230 hours, at Uduere, village in Ughelli North LGA, Delta State, one Joseph Ojobor, aka chairman was also arrested. Subject is the leader of the Lagos cell of the “Federa” kidnap syndicate. He had also been linked to some incidents of illegal oil bunkering and pipeline vandalism.

    “Also, on the same 24th July, 2015, about 0500 hours, the team arrested another member of the Lagos cell of the “Federa” kidnap syndicate, one Timothy Japhet in his house at Onokpasa Avenue in Okhan village in Ughelli North LGA, Delta State.

    “Earlier, on 19th July, 2015, another member of the notorious gang, one Howell Anufa was apprehended by the Service. The suspect was instrumental to the kidnap of the Regent of Akungba in Ondo State.

    “Anufa also participated in the spate of kidnap incidents, carried out by the gang in Lagos and Ogun states respectively, before he relocated to Warri, Delta State, where he was eventually arrested.

    “Furthermore, same date, the Service arrested one member of the Ekiti kidnap syndicate, Ayodeji Oluwafemi. Also, one Rachael Oladapo, a female, who was used by the gang as a reconnaissance spy and informant, was equally apprehended.

    “In a follow-up tactical raid in Ekiti State, five (5) other members of the notorious Ekiti kidnap gang were intercepted by operatives of the DSS. They are Felix Omaiwa, Bose Ajayi, Tope Gabriel, Olayemi Ogunmola and Damilola Obamoyegun.

    “Also, on 26th July, 2015, about 2000 hours, at Ibokun in Obokun LGA, Osun State, Service tactical team arrested three (3) kidnap suspects, Owolabi Olarewaju (aka Owo Blow), Olajide Ayobami (aka Gongo aso) and Gbenga David (aka Oruma)”.

    The DSS also said another gang member, operating within Abia and Imo state axis, Henry Chibueze was arrested on July 16. He was described as a ruthless criminal who derived joy in shooting his victims in the leg whenever there was delay in ransom payment.Chibueze was said to have been arrested at his hideout in Ohafia, Abia State, where he was being treated for an injury he sustained when he escaped during an earlier operation in Owerri, Imo State.

    Also in the net is Akeem Bello, a lance-corporal who deserted his unit in the Nigerian Army when he was deployed in Maiduguri, only to join vampire’s kidnap gang.

    “Between 19– 20th July, 2015, at varied locations in Danko-Wasagu LGA of Kebbi State, the Service apprehended four (4) suspected kidnappers of one Maryam Mohammed Rabiu, the daughter of Mohammed Rabiu who was abducted on 13th July 2015.

    “The gang has been identified as the syndicate which perpetrated the recent kidnap of Abbas Mohammed Jega, the driver of the brother of Attahiru Jega (Prof), former Chairman of INEC.

    “The gang in its bid to evade detection, used one of the three (3) mobile phones stolen earlier from Maryam Rabiu, to establish contact with the family, in which they demanded a ransom of Twenty Million Naira (N20m).

    “On 24th July, 2015, at Mailaka village of Danko-Wasagu LGA, the Service also arrested three (3) key members of another kidnap syndicate operating across Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Niger, FCT, Kwara and Oyo States.

    “These elements are Umar Gide (Dudu), Ibrahim Mugu and Baban Garna Dudu was found to be involved in the kidnap of the daughter of former Council Chairman of Danko-Wasaju LGA and the mother of the Post-Master General of the Federation, among several others.

    “Another member of the gang, Mohammed Sani, a.k.a Sani Maja, was arrested by the Service in Zamfara State,” the statement added.

    The DSS said the operations were still ongoing to arrest fleeing members of some of the identified kidnap gangs and others hibernating at various areas across the federation.

    The service added that judicial processes were being perfected to arraign the suspects in court.

    It assured the citizenry that it would not relent in its efforts to checkmate the activities of any criminal gang that terrorising innocent citizens anywhere in the country.

    The DSS urged members of the public to freely volunteer useful information that could assist in apprehending members of the criminal gangs anywhere they may be hiding.

    The service assured that such information would be treated with utmost confidentiality and dispatch.

     

  • Suspects get trial date for alleged oil bunkering

    THE Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday fixed September 28 for the trial of 10 persons and a vessel, MV Peace, who were charged with dealing in a petroleum product without licence.

    They were arrested for dealing in 200 metric tons of Automated Gas Oil (AGO) without documentation from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).

    Justice Mohammed Idris granted them bail for N2 million each.

    Their sureties, the judge said, must be property owners in Lagos and must swear to an affidavit of means, which must be verified.

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the defendants conspired to commit the crime on April 4.

    They are the vessel’s captain James Abatan, Wasiu Owonikoko, Patrick Ameh, Johnson Ademola, Felix Otto, Chigozie Oguike, Olu Salisu, Jomo Gadagbe, Kunle Saheed and Rasheed Adio.

    The alleged offence is contrary to and punishable under Section 3 (1) (6) (17) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Cap M17, 2004.

    The accused were said to have stored the products without lawful authority, an offence contrary to Section 4 of the Petroleum Act of 2004.

    Justice Idris upheld defence counsel Dada Awoshika’s submission that the alleged offence was bailable.

    The judge said the effect of granting bail was not to set the suspects free, but to enable them attend trial conveniently since they are still presumed innocent until proven guilty.

    EFCC’s lawyer Rotimi Oyedepo said the Navy arrested the accused persons.

    He said when DPR analysed the vessel, it found AGO on it, but the accused persons were unable to produce genuine license authorising them to deal in the product.

    Oyedepo said the vessel is owned by a company called D Dove Oil and Maritime Services Limited with its registered address at Plot 2, Lateef Jakande Road, Agindingbi, Ikeja, Lagos.

    According to him, when EFCC operatives visited the company, they could not find its directors, who he said must have hurriedly relocated to another location.

    He said other suspects in the case are still at large.