Ismaila Mustapha, an internet celebrity better known as
Mompha, has dismissed reports that he was included in a N157.1 million fraud
charge against Sarumi Babafemi, an auto dealer better known as 606.
Reports had emerged that the Instagram celebrity
was named in the amended nine-count charge bordering on money laundering
against Babafemi and his firms by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
The fresh charge, said to be dated January 22, 2021 and
marked FHC/L/CS/374c/2019, was reportedly brought before Chukwujeku Aneke of
the federal high court in Lagos.
In the charge, Babafemi, Mompha and Ridwan Allison — said to
be at large — were accused of laundering N157.1 million alongside Richard
Ogbah.
Aneke, the judge, was said to have thereafter adjourned the
trial till April 21, 22 and 23 respectively after weighing the views of the
prosecuting and defence counsels.
But reacting in an Instagram post, Mompha dismissed the
rumoured inclusion of his name in the fraud trial, urging the public to
disregard such information.
The Instagram sensation also described such as attempts to
“tarnish his image,” noting that the reports were nothing but “lies.”
“Why all this lies.
Please stop tarnishing my image because none of this is true. Abeg ooo, I no
want wahala ooo, una won use my name trend abi” he wrote in a mixture of
English and Pidgin.
Recall that EFCC sometime in July 2020 prosecuted Mompha
alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, on an amended
22-count charge.
The charges border on cyber fraud and money laundering to
the tune of N33billion.
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