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    Home»Entertainment/Style»Social Media Celebrity Mompha Denies EFCC’s Re-arrest
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    Social Media Celebrity Mompha Denies EFCC’s Re-arrest

    Biyi LawrenceBy Biyi LawrenceMay 19, 2023Updated:May 19, 2023No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha has denied reports of his re-arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for money laundering to the tune of N6 billion.

    Mompha said he was not arrested and made a live video on his verified Instagram page on Friday.

    The social media celebrity was seen playing and dancing to Timaya’s “Sweet Us” to validate that he is free and not in the EFCC’s net as erroneously reported.

    He also released a statement titled, “Idan was not arrested by EFCC; 33BG is not in EFCC custody” while telling EFCC to desist from media trial saying that he is in their custody and would be produced in court on 3 July, 2023.

    “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 their custody.

    READ ALSO: Mompha’s Fraud Trial To Continue In His Absence, Court Rules

    “This assertion by the EFCC is laughable because I am currently not in Nigeria more or less rearrested.

    “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 July 3,” he wrote.

    The Instagram celebrity chastised EFCC for witch-hunting him and using his name to trend every time.

    Recall that the EFCC’s counsel, Suleiman Suleiman, told a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, that the prosecution, in collaboration with its international partners, had secured the arrest of Mompha.

    READ ALSO: Mompha Accuses EFCC Of Blackmail, Intimidation In Lengthy Statement

    “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 produce him before the court. The counsel for the defendant reached out to me seeking an adjournment that he will be absent today in court,” Suleiman said.

    Justice Mojisola Dada, thereafter, adjourned the case until 3 July for the continuation of trial.

    The court ordered on September 21, 2022, the commencement of the trial of the defendant in absentia after he failed to appear before the court.

    On 22 January, 2022, EFCC arraigned Mompha alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment, on an eight-count charge of laundering N6 billion, to which he pleaded not guilty.

    On 15 May, 2023, reports emerged that Mompha had been rearrested.

    Mompha further thanked his teeming fans and well-wishers, who are concerned about his safety assuring them that he is fine and enjoying himself with families in Dubai.

    Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ismaila Mustapha Mompha
    Biyi Lawrence

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