The {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC) has declared a Kano state Indigene, Rabiu Auwalu Tijjani, wished over alleged $1,931,700.12 cash laundering allegations.
This was disclosed in a discover signed by Dele Oyewale, EFCC Head, Media & Publicity, dated July 11, 2025.
The suspect is alleged to have dedicated conspiracy and obtained cash below false pretences, in contravention of related legal guidelines.
“The general public is hereby notified that RABIU AUWALU TIJJANI, whose {photograph} seems above is needed by the {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC) in an alleged case of Conspiracy, Acquiring Cash by False Pretence and Cash Laundering to the tune of $1,931,700.12 (One Million 9 Hundred and Thirty One Thousand Seven Hundred United State of American {Dollars} and Twelve Cents).
“RABIU, 43, is an indigene of Dala LGA of Kano State and his final identified tackle is: 59, Murtala Muhammed Method, Kano State,” the assertion partly reads.
Anyone with helpful info as to his whereabouts is requested to contact the Fee in its Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt or Abuja places of work or via 08093322644; its e-mail tackle: [email protected] or the closest Police Station and different safety companies.
The EFCC is one in every of Nigeria’s frontline anti-graft companies that’s spearheading the battle in opposition to {financial} crimes, together with cash laundering.
Previous to the prosecution of suspects, the Fee carries out an investigation.
In October 2024, the Fee disclosed that it had recovered N248 billion, $105.4 million, and different foreign currency echange between October 18, 2023, and October 18, 2024.
Moreover, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun, revealed on September 30, 2024, {that a} whole of two,398 {financial} crime convictions had been recorded within the judiciary between January 2, 2024, and August 2, 2024, by anti-graft companies.
She attributed this achievement to the experience of the EFCC and different related stakeholders.
Justice Kekere-Ekun additionally famous that the Corruption and {Financial} Crime Instances Trial Monitoring Committee (COTRIMCO), chaired by Justice Suleiman Galadima, CFR, JSC (Rtd.), has performed a vital position in expediting the trial of corruption and {financial} crime circumstances in Nigeria.
She mentioned that between January 2, 2024, and August 2, 2024, the {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC), with COTRIMCO’s assist, secured 2,387 convictions, whereas the Unbiased Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Offences Fee (ICPC) filed 54 circumstances and secured 11 convictions.
