EFCC accused two of the non-declaration of assets in Kaduna

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, charged two people, Benjamin Bawin and Miracle Awaje before the Judge A.Bello for the failure to declare their assets as required by the EFCC Establishment of the 2004 Law.

The defendants refused to declare their assets when the asset declaration form was given to them in the commission office after their arrest on April 25, 2025, in Minna, the state of Niger for allegedly disguised as Q-Net officials, multi-level marketing companies and attract investors who were not detrimental to buying fake products from the company and transferring the process for personal use.

The accusation to carry reads: “That you, Benjamin brought to or around May 26, 2025 at Kaduna in this honorable court jurisdiction, consciously making a fake declaration when you failed to declare your interests, No. EFCC and thus you committed conflicting violations and could be punished based on Section 27 (3) (a) Law of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (establishment), 2004.”

That Awaje reads: “That you, Miracle Awaje in or around May 26, 2025 in Kaduna in this Dear Court Jurisdiction, deliberately made a fake declaration when you failed to declare your interests, thereby committing conflicting violations and could be punished based on Section 27 (3) (a) Law on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (formation), 2004.”

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They claimed to be “innocent” on the accusations when read to them, after that the legal counsel, Mo Arumemi urged the court for the date of trial and that the defendant be returned at the Nigerian Correctional Center, Kaduna, while the legal advisor reminded the court of a delayed guarantee letter.

Judge Bello gave a guarantee to the defendants in the number of N500,000.00, each and one guarantee, each who lived in Kaduna and had to provide a six-month bank account report, the National Identity Card and their three-month utility bill records.

He further ordered that the defendants be returned to the Kaduna Penitentiary, while waiting for the fulfillment of the guarantee condition.

He postponed this case until 8 October 2025 for the start of the trial.

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