The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared that social media celebrity Ismaila Mustapha, known as Mompha, is wanted.
The PUNCH had reported on June 30, 2022 that Mompha’s absence stalled his alleged Sh6 billion money laundering trial before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Ikeja Special Offenses Court.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission charged Mustapha and his company, Ismalob Global Investment Ltd, with eight counts related to money laundering, conspiracy to launder money obtained through illegal activities and money laundering through illegal activities.
Other charges include retention of proceeds of crime, use of property derived from an unlawful act, possession of a document containing false pretenses and failure to disclose property.
Justice Dada had on June 22 issued a warrant for Mustapha’s arrest following his absence from court. Dada also revoked the bail granted to the accused. The social media celebrity was absent from court on June 16.
But the anti-graft agency in a notice signed Wednesday by its spokesman, Wilson Uwajaren, said the famous social media celebrity was wanted for a criminal offence.
The notice read: “The general public is hereby informed that ISMAILA MUSTAPHA, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an alleged case of withholding proceeds of criminal conduct , possession of a document containing false claims, False Declaration of Assets and Laundering of Proceeds of Illegal Conduct.
“Ismaila, 38, hails from Ogbomosho Local Government Area of Oyo State. His last known address: 21, Fagbenro Street, Idi-Araba, Surulere, Lagos State
Anyone with useful information on his whereabouts should contact the commission at its offices in Benin, Kaduna, Ibadan, Sokoto, Gombe, Maiduguri, Makurdi, Lorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt and Abuja or through these numbers 09- 9044751-3, 08093322644, 08183322644, 070- 26350721-3, 070-6350724-5; your email address: [email protected] or the nearest police station and other security agencies”.
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