Breaking: EFCC Arrests Kirikiri Prison Boss, Doctor who aided $1m deals from Police

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the head of the Kirikiri Prisons, Emmanuel Oluwaniyi, a Deputy Controller and another top official of the Nigeria Correctional Services, Hemeson Edson Edwin, for aiding a convicted fraudster to transact several business deals worth over $1 million from inside.

The two top officials, according to the Spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, were arrested on Monday for helping a convict, Hope Olusegun Aroke, who is serving a 24-year jail term, to escape from the Prisons and be lodged at the Police Hospital also in Lagos under the pretext of being ill and using that excuse to freely transact numerous deals and attend social events in the town.

The statement made available to Vanguard on Tuesday said that while Emmanuel Oluwaniyi is the Controller, Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Hemesen Edwin is in charge of the medical facility, who gave the convict the referral letter that enables him to get out of the prison as a patient in need of urgent medical attention at the Police Hospital when he was not sick in the first place.

Vanguard gathered that the two men had already given what EFCC describes as ‘useful information’ to the Commission about their alleged involvement in the crime.

It will be recalled that Aroke, also known as H.Money, had masterminded a mega scam to the tune of over $1m scam.

He committed the alleged crime from prison, using a network of accomplices.

Aroke was one of the two Malaysia-based Nigerian undergraduate fraudsters arrested by the EFCC towards the end of 2012 at the 1004 Housing Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos, following a tip-off.

Aroke, who hails from Okene in Kogi State, had claimed to be a student of Computer Science at the Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia.

However, investigations by the Commission revealed Aroke as the arrowhead of an intricate web of an internet fraud scheme that traverses two continents.

When Aroke was arrested, a search conducted by EFCC operatives on his apartment led to the recovery of several items such as laptops, iPad, traveling documents, cheque books, flash drives, internet modem, and three exotic cars – a Mercedes Benz Jeep, One 4Matic Mercedes Benz Car and a Range Rover Sport SUV.

He was eventually convicted by Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on two counts of obtaining money by false pretence, cheque cloning, wire transfer and forgery.

He was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on each of the two counts.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2019/11/breaking-efcc-arrests-kirikiri-prison-boss-doctor-who-aided-1m-deals-from-police-hospital/amp/

Sensationalism
As if the government is not aware of the grand scale of corruption, fraud and sodomy that has become a huge part and parcel of our various prisons.

Jailer is about to get jailed

I'm in chains you're in chains too
I wear uniforms and you wear uniforms too
You're a prisoner too Mr Jailer
I have fears you have fears too
I will die, you sef go die too
Life is beautiful
Don't you think so too Mr Jailer
I'm talking to you jailer
Let he who is without sin -
Be the first to cast the stone Mr Jailer, Mr Jailer Man
You suppress all my strategies
You oppress every part of me
What you don't know,
You're a victim too Mr Jailer



Make I stop here

The punishment for criminal activities for Nigerian big men is too lenient. That is why our big men always run to the courts when caught. Even if this man is convicted despite this henious crime, he won't get more than 5 years imprisonment. Somebody like this deserves a long term sentence of at least 50 years. If this is done, our people will run away from crime.

According to MAX FM,
The reason for the arrest was forging of fake medical report to help a victim in efcc custody to secure a medical treatment abroad

About time. When you play with criminals and you start thinking you are a criminal.

It's very easy for the average police man to get seduced by these fraudsters when large sums of money Is involved. I can imagine this fraudster inmate approaching the prison official and offering him money can upgrade his life somewhat. Imagine going from having like 200k in your bank account to 10million by doing nothing at all. What makes it worse is many people still think of internet fraud as a victimless crime so it must have been easy for this prison official to justify letting this fraudster to roam free and scam more people.

Hmmm... Everybody is getting arrested
Warris going on

Afonja

Everybody's got a price and he could comfortably afford them both.
This life is funny sha

What's tha business?

H Money one time bailers before IG stunts...24yrs and another jail terms loading with this $1m fraud....Guy man can never learn!!

T

The fear of EFCC is the beginning of.........

gan gan

EFCC oko fraudsters. I wish they can divert same energy towards corrupt politicians too


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Serving jail term and attending social events

Judiciary is too weak

The three of them should have been sentenced to death or life imprisonment

MONEY ANSWERETH ALL THINGS..

A prisoner attending social events. No wonder, MOMPHA SMILED, in court.

Lol nigga was attending social events in town partee after partee who no like better thing sote police sef with doctor follo join help am, this life eehhhn just have money doors go just dey open for u literally speaking I know say wen e men dem go c am for the grooving ground dem go Dey hail say baba I think say u been Dey prison o?!? Baba go reply Money is the key to opening all doors prison doors included

If nobody close to u have appear like this..........u will make heaven.

shiki:
According to MAX FM,
The reason for the arrest was forging of fake medical report to help a victim in efcc custody to secure a medical treatment abroad

Nigeria which way forward

And that was how they lost their jobs.