The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Instagram celebrity Ismaila Mustapha aka Mompha wanted.
Mompha and his company Ismalob Global Investment Ltd are facing eight-count charges bordering on laundering N6 billion, and conspiracy to launder money obtained through unlawful activities.
The EFCC charged them before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Ikeja Special Offences Court.
Other charges include retention of proceeds of criminal conduct, use of property derived from an unlawful act, possession of a document containing false pretences, and failure to disclose assets.
Justice Dada issued a bench warrant against Mompha on June 22 following his consistent absence from court and the prosecution’s claim that he had procured another passport and left the country.
EFCC spokesperson Wilson Uwajaren issued a wanted notice on Wednesday which 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.”
