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Nigeria Court Deports 12 Philippines For Terrorism, Orders Firm Closure
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May 26, 2025
Nigeria Court Deports 12 Philippines For Terrorism, Orders Firm Closure https://osazuwaakonedo.news/nigeria-court-deports-12-philippines-for-terrorism-orders-firm-closure/26/05/2025/ #EFCC #Lagos #philippines ©May 26th, 2025 ®May 26, 2025 2:18 pm Nigeria High Court sitting in Lagos State has convicted and ordered the deportation of 12 Philippines or Filipinos after the Federal High Court found them guilty of engaging in the act of cyber-terrorism with intent to cause disruption to Nigeria economy, and another court in Lagos State has ordered the closure of a collective investment scheme firm, CJC Markets Limited, overt the firm failure to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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nigeria high court sitting in Lagos
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state has convicted and ordered the
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deportation of 12 Philippines or
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Filipinos after the federal high court
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found them guilty of engaging in the act
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of cyber terrorism with intent to cause
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disruption to Nigeria economy And
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another court in Lagos state has ordered
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the closure of a collective investment
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scheme firm CJC Markets Limited overt
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the firm failure to register with the
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Securities and Exchange Commission SEC
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Details of the reports as presented by
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the public relations unit of the
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
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EFCC reads verbatim below Court jails 12
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Filipinos for cyber terrorism internet
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fraud in Lagos Justice Yelen Bogaro of
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the Federal High Court sitting in Aoyi
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Lagos on Friday May 23rd 2025 convicted
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and sentenced 12 Filipinos to one-year
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imprisonment each for cyber terrorism
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and internet fraud The convicts are
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Anginet Topicio Gladis Joy Magiba Jean
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Caliggo Shara May Reyes Roseanne
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Gonzalez Luri Jane Tyag Mary Grace La
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Cruz Crystal Aqualesca Jonal Agalto Paz
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Aamara Vivian Pianella and Jonal Mendoza
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They were arraigned on Friday by the
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Lagosonal director at one of the
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economic and financial crimes commission
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EFCC on separate charges of possession
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of fraudulent documents One of the
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counts reads that you Anjinet Topicio
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sometime in December 2024 in Lagos
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within the jurisdiction of this
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honorable court willfully caused to be
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accessed computer systems organized to
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seriously destabilize and destroy the
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fundamental economic and social
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structure of Nigeria when you procured
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employed Nigerian youths for identity
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theft and to hold themselves out as
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persons of foreign nationality with the
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intent to gain a financial advantage for
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yourselves and you thereby committed an
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offense contrary to and punishable under
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section 18 of the cyber crimes
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prohibition prevention etc act 2015 as
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amended 2024 and section 2 3D of the
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terrorism prevention prohibition Act
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2022 Another charge reads that you Shyam
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Reyes sometime in December 2024 in Lagos
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within the jurisdiction of this
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honorable court had in your possession a
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document containing false pretense
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printed from your telegram wherein you
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posed to be a lady living in the UK
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which representation you knew to be
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false thereby committed an offense
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contrary to section 68 C of the Advance
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Feud and other fraud related offenses
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Act 2006 and punishable under section 13
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of the same act They all pleaded guilty
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to the charges when they were read to
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them In view of their pleas the
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prosecution council NK Akova and Hu
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Kofanza respectively requested that the
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court convict the defendants as charged
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in accordance with the plea bargain they
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had entered into with the commission
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Justice Bogaro convicted and sentenced
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the defendants to one-year imprisonment
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each with a fine of 1 million naira 1
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million naira The judge also ordered the
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controller general of the Nigeria
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immigration services Mrs Kem Nanandabad
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to ensure that the convicts are
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repatriated to their country of origin
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within 7 days upon completion of their
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sentences The devices recovered from the
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defendants were also ordered forfeited
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to the federal government of Nigeria
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Court winds up a legal capital market
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firm in Lagos Justice CJ Anne of the
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Federal High Court sitting in Aoy Lagos
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on Thursday May 22nd 2025 ordered the
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winding up of a fraudulent collective
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investment scheme firm CJC Markets
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Limited over failure to register with
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the Securities and Exchange Commission
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SEC He gave the order following the
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arraignment of the company by the Lagos
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sonal directorate two of the economic
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and financial crimes commission EFCC on
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a one-count charge bordering on
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investment fraud on Thursday May 22nd
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2025 A petitioner alleged that CJC
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Markets Limited sometime in January
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collected the sum of 30 million naira 30
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million naira from one manga with a
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promise of a 30% return on investment
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ROI
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Investigation revealed that CJC Markets
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Limited is not registered with the
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Central Bank of Nigeria CBN or the
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Security and Exchange Commission SEC to
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carry out capital market operations or
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collect investments The count reads that
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you CJC Markets Limited being a company
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incorporated in Nigeria I who Chen at
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large and Akumbeni Dixon at large being
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the directors respectively sometime in
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2021 in Nigeria within the judicial
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division of this honorable court while
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carrying on your scheme of collective
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investment failed to register with the
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Securities and Exchange Commission and
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thereby committed an offense contrary to
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section 541 one of the Investment and
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Securities Act 2007 and punishable under
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section 546 of the same act A guilty
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plea was entered for the company In view
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of this prosecution council Abdulamid El
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Takur called on Christian Chuku an
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operative of the EFCC to review the
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facts of the case Chuku in his testimony
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told the court that the commission
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received a petition from Matthew Burkar
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and county legal practitioners on behalf
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of the petitioner Mangna He also told
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the court that the commission during
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investigations subsequently wrote
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letters to the United Bank of Africa
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Uber the CBN and SEC and that they all
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responded He added that the finance
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officer of the company Mr Kawo Josiah
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volunteered his statement regarding the
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involvement of the company in the
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capital market Thereafter he identified
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the petition received the letters
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written by the commission to the SEC CBN
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and Uber as well as the statement from
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the finance officer of the company Takur
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then sought to tender in evidence the
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documents which were all admitted and
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marked as exhibits by the court The
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prosecution thereafter prayed the court
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to convict and sentence the company
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accordingly Councel to the defendant
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Adony Kalef asked the court to wind up
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the said company Justice Anekke
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convicted CJC Markets Limited as charged
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and ordered that it be wound up and
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delusted from the corporate affairs
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commission CAC The company was wound up
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for running a fraudulent collective
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investment scheme firm CJC Markets
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Limited without registering with the
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Securities and Exchange Commission SEC
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