The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha as a wanted person.
EFCC in a statement on Wednesday, August 3, called on members of the public with useful information on his whereabouts to contact the anti-graft agency.
“Wanted by the EFCC: Ismaila Mustapha. Anyone with useful information as to his whereabouts should contact the EFCC or the nearest police station,” the brief statement read.
The commission took the decision after Mompha, who has been facing charges for alleged money laundering to the tune of N6 billion, defied a court order.
”Yes, we have declared him wanted. He has defied a court order by travelling out of the country despite having his passport seized.
”We have made several efforts to get him but all to no avail,” one of the sources said.
The spokesman for the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, also confirmed the development to Daily Trust in a telephone interview Wednesday night.
Earlier, the anti-graft agency in a notice on Wednesday signed by Uwajaren, said the embattled social media celebrity was wanted.
The notice read, “The general public is hereby notified that ISMAILA MUSTAPHA, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (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 or through these numbers 09-9044751-3, 08093322644, 08183322644, 070- 26350721-3, 070-6350724-5; its e-mail address: info@efcc.gov.ng or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies.”
