February 9, 2025

Mr Ola Olukoyede who is the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has directed the Enugu Zonal Office of the commission to find and locate an uncompleted four-bedroom bungalow recovered from a fraudster in Enugu,

On Thursday that Ohha Microfinance Bank Limited had issued an ultimatum to the EFCC, demanding that the anti-graft agency produce an uncompleted four-bedroom bungalow recovered from a fraudster within three months.

The bank claims that a court ordered the sale of the property and payment to the bank in 2019, but the EFCC has yet to comply.

On Wednesday morning, the bank warned that it would sue the EFCC and seek N100 million in compensation if the property is not produced within the stipulated timeframe.

EFCC Chairman, gave a directive to Enugu Zonal Head to locate the said property and hand over the proceeds to the bank without delay.

Obviously Mr Ola Olukoyede expressed strong disappointment in his warning, lamenting the officials’ actions.

“We received a directive from the chairman to search and locate the property immediately,”

Meanwhile, the bank’s counsel confirmed that he received a call from the Enugu office of the EFCC, indicating that their pre-action notice had been officially recorded for immediate action.

“They called me from EFCC now, that the Chairman minuted the pre-action notice to them that they should locate the property immediately,” the counsel said.

Meanwhile, the pre-action notice, signed by Olu Omotayo Esq, on behalf of the bank reminded the EFCC chairman of the bank’s petition dated February 9, 2024, which requested the zonal office to investigate the matter.

The EFCC had previously convicted a former bank manager, Oliver Anidiobi, for diverting N219 million from Ohha Microfinance Bank. Anidiobi was found guilty of using the funds to build a block of flats, acquire plots of land, and construct an uncompleted four-bedroom bungalow.

“… matter was investigated by the Enugu Zonal office of the Commission and the suspect Oliver Anidiobi charged to the court by the Commission on 7th May 2019, in Charge Number: E/162C/19, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA VS. ANIDIOBI OLIVER CHUWUKA,”

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