The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared the popular Nigerian internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, wanted.
The EFCC, in a statement on Twitter on Wednesday, August 3, urged anyone with useful information about his whereabouts to contact the antigraft commission or the nearest police station.
The commission said “anyone with useful information about his whereabouts should contact the EFCC or the nearest police station.
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 known 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.”
The EFCC arraigned the celebrity before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos, in June.
The anti-graft agency charged him and his company, Ismalob Global Investment Ltd, with money laundering in the sum of N6bn on January 12.
On March 28, the court ordered him to submit his passport to the court after his bail sum was reduced from N200 million to N25 million.