Tag: extortion
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Special report: Nigerians continue to suffer at NIMC centres nationwide
Extortion at NIMC and NIS
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Four police inspectors arrested in Lagos for extorting N70,000 from teenage boy
Police in Lagos say they have arrested four police officers who allegedly harassed and extorted N70,000 from a 16-year-old student on Wednesday at NGAB Junction, Isheri area of Lagos State. Commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu stated this in a release on Friday by the command’s spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi. “The pictures of the policemen caught in…
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NIN: FG suspends NIMC officials over extortion at NIMC centres
The Federal Government has suspended workers fingered in extortion at enrolment centres of the National Identity Management Commission. It was gathered that the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, ordered the immediate suspension of the staff members involved in extortion of applicants at the NIMC Bauchi and Kaduna state offices. The NIMC on…
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Alleged Extortion: Shehu Sani opens up on detention experience in EFCC’s underground cell
Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, back home from a month long detention in the cell of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Saturday recounted his ordeal in custody. Sani claimed he was thrown into an underground cell and forced to declare his assets by operatives of the EFCC. He described his…
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Alleged Extortion: EFCC knocks Shehu Sani with 13 conversation evidences with accuser
Recordings doctored, incomplete – Sani The $25,000 bribery allegation against a former Kaduna senator Shehu Sani by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) took a new twist on Friday following the retrieval of 13 audio tapes of the chats between the embattled Senator and the Chairman of ASD Motors, Alhaji Sani Dauda. The EFCC…
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Alleged Extortion: EFCC speaks on Buhari’s ‘involvement’ in Shehu Sani’s arrest
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says insinuations and phantom claims that the Commission is “prosecuting” Senator Shehu Sani, because he is a known critic of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, are fallacies. The commission, in a statement, said Sani is currently facing criminal investigation, and that he was being detained by the EFCC…
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Alleged Extortion: Shehu Sani rejects lie detector test, wants to swear with Quran
Former Kaduna central Senator, Shehu Sani has turned down a lie detector test suggested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and instead opted to swear by the Quran. It was the latest development in the alleged extortion case involving him and ASD Motors Chairman, Sani Dauda, who claimed to have given him $24,000 as…
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Extortion: Shehu Sani denies accusation, ready to face accuser at EFCC office
Senator Shehu Sani has told his interrogators at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he did not demand $20,000 (about N7.2million) from businessman Sani Dauda. He expressed readiness for a face-to-face interaction with Dauda, who is the Chairman/ CEO of ASD Motors at the trial to prove his innocence. Recall that the outspoken…
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Another 26 FRSC officials arrested for alleged extortion – ICPC
Another set of 26 officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been arrested for alleged extortion of motorists in different parts of the country. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, in Abuja on Wednesday. Okoduwa said the…
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Extortion: Lagos sacks 34 LASTMA officers
The Lagos State Government on Friday said it has sacked 34 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, over cases of extortion and others. The government also disclosed that two LASTMA officers were currently being investigated for allegedly extorting motorist in the state. Deputy Governor of the state, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat stated that…