The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC yesterday August 26,
released internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha alias Mompha, about two
weeks after he was re-arrested by the anti-graft agency in Lagos.Mompha was re-arrested on
Friday, August 14 when he went to the EFCC office in Ikoyi, Lagos to
reclaim his five wristwatches, one Apple Air pod, one iPhone 8 mobile
phone and one pair of sunglasses, seized by the EFCC operatives last
October. Following an application by his lawyer, Gboyega Oyewole (SAN),
Justice Mohammed Liman had on July 24 ordered the EFCC to release the
items to Mompha
Mompha had gone to the EFCC to pick up his item and had barely left
the EFCC premises when the operatives accosted him and took him into
custody. EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said Mompha’s re-arrest was
connected to a fresh set of cyber fraud charges.
Confirming his release, his lawyer, Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), said Mompha has also withdrawn the N5 million fundamental rights suit he filed against the EFCC to challenge his re-arrest.
