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EFCC detains U.S.-based Nigerian over alleged $1.6 million fraud

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on February 16, 2011 at 8:00pm
EFCC detains U.S.-based Nigerian over alleged $1.6 million fraud
By Seye Olumide

A UNITED States (U.S.)-based Nigerian lawyer, Mr. Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye, was on Sunday arrested by the State Security Service (SSS) at the Murtala Muhammed Airport and handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

 
The EFCC spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said Ugwuonye's arrest was in connection with a $20 million property he sold on behalf of the Federal Government in the U.S. last year and failed to remit the part of the proceeds to the government coffers.

According to Babafemi, "Ugwuonye sold a property worth $20 million in U.S. last year and he is supposed to remit $1.6 million to the government but he refused, claiming that the money was his based on the service he rendered to government.  This is wrong. That was why he was arrested."

However, Ugwuonye's relations have called on President Goodluck Jonathan, the Inspector-General of Police and the chairman of the EFCC for his immediate release as no charge had been brought against him after 48 hours of his arrest.

His younger brother, Uchenna, said Ugwuonye has been denied access to communication while no charge was brought against him over 48 hours since his arrest and detention
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Terrorism: U.S. detains Nigerian on ‘no-fly list’

Posted by 9jabook.com on April 23, 2010 at 5:22am
Terrorism: U.S. detains Nigerian on ‘no-fly list’ By Chinedu Offor (Washington D.C), Adeola Yusuf and Abel Orukpe (Lagos) (With Agency Report) • Suspect boarded Delta Airlines jet in Abuja advertisement Delta Airline flight 215 from Nigeria was prevented from entering the United States on Wednesday by Homeland Security officials, who said “a person of interest” on board was detained.. The plane left Abuja on the day enroute the United States via Dakar, but was detained at San Juan in Puerto Rico. Delta Airline confirmed the arrest of the aircraft in an email message to Daily Independent on Thursday. The Homeland Security Department said the passenger would be interrogated before his identity is made public. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency issued a statement identifying the passenger only as a “potential person of interest” who was removed from the flight for further questioning and kept in custody. Spokeswoman Jenny Burke declined to provide details, but Delta said it received a request from the government to board and remove the passenger during the refueling stop in Puerto Rico. A passenger, Joan Mower, told the Associated Press (AP) that the pilot disclosed the apparent breach as the flight stopped to refuel. She recounted that the pilot said he was informed about the passenger while over the Atlantic. The man detained had apparently boarded the jet in Nigeria, even though he is on the U.S. no-fly list. There was no incident on board, passengers were not in any danger, and the flight continued to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport afterward, according to Delta Spokeswoman Susan Chana Elliott. Flight 215 originated in Abuja, where the man boarded the jet, which continued on to New York after he was detained. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said the man is being held for questioning. He was taken into custody without incident. Customs officials had no immediate comment. U.S. aviation authorities have been on heightened alert since a Nigerian, Farouk Abdulmutallab, tried to set off a bomb in his underwear on an American passenger plane in December last year. It was learnt that the Delta aircraft had at press time left Puerto Rico enroute John F. Kennedy Airport where it was expected to land at 11:51 a.m. Washington time. However, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) denied knowledge of the detention of the aircraft. NCAA Director General, Harold Demuren, said: “If such a thing happened, it could be that the airline is owing over-flight charges.” Founded in 1928, and first known as Delta Air Service, Delta Airline originally served Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama in the U.S.
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