The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Ismaila Mustapha, well known as Mompha, wanted. The EFCC made the announcement on Wednesday evening on its official Twitter handle.
On June 22, Justice Mojisola Dada of the Ikeja Special Offences Court revoked the bail granted to Mompha.
The Commission has now urged members of the public with useful information on Mompha’s whereabouts to contact them or the nearest police station.
“The general public is hereby notified that ISMAILA MUSTAPHA, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the EFCC in an alleged case of Retention of Proceeds of Criminal Conduct, Possession of Document Containing False Pretences, False Asset Declaration and Laundering of Proceeds of Unlawful Conduct.
“Ismaila, 38, hails from Ogbomosho Local Govt Area of Oyo State.
“His last known address: 21, Fagbenro Street, Idi-Araba, Surulere, Lagos State.
“Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts should please contact the Commission in its Benin, Kaduna, Ibadan, Sokoto, Gombe, Maiduguri, Makurdi, llorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt and Abuja offices,” the EFCC declared.
Mompha was arraigned on January 12, on offences around money laundering and the use of properties got from illegal acts.
Mompha pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against him and was granted bail in the sum of N200 million which was later reduced to N25 million by the court.
Mompha is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Ltd over a said N6 billion money laundering.
On June 10, the EFCC accused Mompha of flouting court orders and traveling to Dubai with a new passport. Following his failure to appear in court twice for the continuation of his trial, the judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
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