Mompha Suing EFCC For N5million Over His Recent Arrest

Ismaila Mustapha, an internet celebrity aka Mompha, was recently arrested again by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged crimes of money laundering.

His previous arrest by the EFCC was over an alleged N32.9 billion money laundering while he was about leaving the Abuja airport for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

He was later released after the federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos granted him bail in the sum of N100 million in bond.

A court order was also issued after his release, stating that the anti-graft agency should release items seized from Mompha on the ground that it did not list them as exhibits in court.

Five wristwatches, one Apple Air pod, one iPhone 8 mobile phone, and one pair of sunglasses were the seized items to be released.

Mompha was said to have been re-arrested on Friday when he went to retrieve the items from the EFCC office at Ikoyi as ordered by the court.

A lawsuit has been filed against the EFCC as a result of the rearrest of Mompha. In the suit filed before the federal high court in Lagos on Tuesday by Gboyega Oyewole, his counsel, Mompha appealed to the court to order the commission to pay him N5 million for “unlawful arrest and detention.”

The socialite and self-acclaimed Bureau De Change agent also asked that the court declare the continued seizure of his items as a violation of his right to own property as seen in section 44 of the constitution.

Dele Oyewale, spokesman for the EFCC, has revealed that Mompha’s re-arrest was not connected to the earlier charges pressed against him.

The court is yet to fix a date to hear the N5 million suit by Mompha.

Source:https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/mompha-files-n5m-lawsuit-against-efcc-over-re-arrest/