Erasmus Alaneme
25 August 2008
Lagos — Chairman of the defunct Hallmark Bank, Marc Wabara is yet to regain his freedom from the net of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following his arrest last week by the anti-graft agency over alleged diversion of funds realised from oil blocs in the Joint Development Zone of Sao Tome & Principe and Nigeria .
This disclosure is coming as the EFCC also revealed that about 11 of its officials were shown the way out for forgery and other fraudulent acts while one of them, Mr. Davies Idrisu Ibrahim will appear in court this week for conniving with some other persons to defraud a suspect.
Also the EFCC is in possession of a court order which empowers it to impound the vehicles belonging to the Police Equipment Fund (PEF) pending the determination of the case against the leadership of the fund.
On Wabara, Daily Champion gathered that though the counsels of the younger brother to the former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara were at the office of the EFCC till late on Friday, there is no official confirmation that he was let out of the premises.
A source who spoke to our reporter confirmed that the lawyers came for the bail of Wabara but was not sure he left.
The source said that even if the EFCC had agreed to the bail request by the lawyers of Wabara's counsel, he might have gotten administrative bail and will still be in the net of the Commission pending when he meets the condition for such bail.
"Since the EFCC is yet to charge him to court, if the counsels were able to get him a bail bargain he may still not have gone home because he still needs to meet the condition for the bail," the source said.
EFCC in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Femi Babafemi stated that out of the eleven dismissed officials, three were junior staff, four cadet officers, three senior staff and one management officer.
Stating that the affected officers were shown the way out between August 2007 and August 2008, the Commission said that "all those dismissed for forgery were discovered after routine investigations carried out on them to verify the authenticity of their academic claims revealed serious anomalies"
Those dismissed on account of certificate forgery include: Adamu Samson, Usman Muhammed, Muhammed Umar, Collins Nwachukwu, Shola Pedro, Olatunji Oluwakeri, Adaka James, Akinwamide Oluwaseyi, Mohammed Maina, and David Ibhawoh .
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