Mompha Accuses EFCC Of Lying They Arrested Him

Ismaila Mustapha, well known online as Mompha, has refuted allegations made by the EFCC that he was recently detained again on suspicion of laundering N6 billion in money.

The EFCC issued a statement on May 15, alleging that Mompha had been detained again.

According to the commission’s statement, it informed the court during a hearing on Mompha’s case on June 10, 2022, that Mompha was in possession of a different passport in addition to the one that had been submitted to the court as part of his bail conditions and that he had used that passport to fly on Emirates Airlines from Ghana to Dubai on April 11, 2022, in violation of the court’s order.

Due to Mompha’s failure to appear in court, Justice DadaMo cancelled the N25 million bail variation that had been granted to him and also issued a bench order for his arrest. He was listed as wanted by the EFCC as well.

The Commission stated that Mompha has been missing from the trial since June 16, 2022 and that it has been working to have him apprehended and brought before the court.

The Commission added that during Monday’s court sessions, its attorney, S.I. Suleiman, notified the judge that the prosecution had successfully obtained the defendant’s detention through cooperation with their overseas allies.

Suleiman informed the Ikeja Special Offenses Court that Mompha had been apprehended thanks to the prosecution and its international allies.

“The prosecution will like to bring to the knowledge of my lord that in collaboration with our international partners, we have been able to apprehend the defendant. We plan to take him into custody and to produce him before the court. The counsel for the defendant reached out to me seeking for an adjournment that he will be absent today in court,” the statement quoted Suleiman as saying.

Mompha, however, refuted the assertion in a statement posted to his Instagram page today. He claimed that his family and he were in Dubai. He alleged that whenever the commission sought media importance, they used his name to trend.

‘’IDAN WAS NOT REARRESTED BY EFCC; 33BG IS NOT IN EFCC CUSTODY.

“Contrary to the recent publication in most media platforms in Nigeria that I, Mompha was rearrested by the EFCC. I want to use this medium to expose the corrupt and mischievous commission again that I was neither rearrested nor am I in the custody of the EFCC. This assertion by the EFCC is laughable because I am currently not in Nigeria more or less rearrested either in Nigeria

“I hereby urge the commission to desist from this insensible media trial and stop misleading people through the press/media that I am in your custody and would produce me before the Court on the 3rd of July.

“It has now become very clear that the only motive of the EFCC is to witch-hunt me and use my name MOMPHA to trend anytime they are looking for cheap media relevance. One would think Mompha would be the least of their worries during this period of change in government and occupy themselves with task of going after the corrupt politicians who are impoverishing the ordinary Nigerians.

“I want to thank my teeming fans and well-wishers, who are concerned about my wellbeing and safety and I want to assure you all that I and my family are fine and currently enjoying ourselves in Dubai, away from the intimidation and harassment of the EFCC and the corrupt Nigeria judicial system.”

He also uploaded a video of him and his wife travelling by car in Dubai.

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