Suspected fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha was arraigned at a Lagos Federal High Court on Monday, November 25 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Mompha was arraigned on 14 counts charge which includes money laundering and cyber fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it found an aggregate of N18.05bn in a business account linked to Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha. This was revealed in the details of the 14 counts of fraud files against the Internet celebrity before the Federal High Court in Lagos days after his arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
Following the declaration in his arraignment, Mompha had on Thursday dragged EFCC before a High Court in Lagos State. Mompha instituted a fundamental rights enforcement suit against EFCC for detaining him beyond the constitutionally stipulated days without charging him to court.
In the suit filed by his lawyers, Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), Ademola Adefolaju, Kolawole Salami and four others, the businessman is demanding the sum of N5m as damages from the anti-graft agency. The self-acclaimed Bureau-De-Change operator also sought a court order directing the EFCC to release him unconditionally forthwith from its custody.
Mompha is seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining EFCC or any person whatsoever acting for or on behalf of the agency from arresting and detaining him in relation to the subject of the suit without recourse to due process of law.
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