Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

$4m Fraud: Court Denies Abebe’s Request For Release Of Seized Passport

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Spe cial Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, December 3, 2018, turned down an application by John Abebe, for the release of his international passports. Abebe is being prosecuted for an alleged $4m fraud. Abebe is facing trial over a four-count charge of forgery, fabricating evidence, using fabricated evidence and attempt to pervert the course of justice preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In the application made orally, Abebe, through his counsel, E.D. Onyeke, sought the release of the passport to enable him