Mompha Declared Wanted By The EFCC

Ismaila Mustapha, the Nigerian socialite better known as Mompha, has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Gatekeepers News reports that the anti-graft agency, in a Twitter post, urged members of the public with useful information on his whereabouts to speak up.

“Wanted by the EFCC: Ismaila Mustapha. Anyone with useful information as to his whereabouts should contact the EFCC or the nearest police station,” the EFCC wrote.

The EFCC added: “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 know 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.”

Gatekeepers News reports that on January 12, EFCC arraigned Mompha and his company Ismalob Global Investment Ltd over alleged N6 billion fraud.

He slammed with a fresh eight-count charge and remanded in the custody of the EFCC before being granted a bail of N200 million which he couldn’t fulfil.

The bail sum was later reduced to N25 million.

On June 10, the anti-graft agency accused Mompha of flouting a court order by traveling to Dubai with a new passport. His bail was revoked by a Lagos court on June 22, after he was absent for trial.