The Economic and financial crimes commission through its verified Twitter handle @officialEFCC announced its arrest of Ismaila Mustapha aka “Mompha” a renowned Social media Celebrity for an alleged iinvolvement in an internet related fraud and money laundering.
EFCC tweeted ” the suspect a premium and first class customer of one of the popular international Airlines was arrested on Friday 18th October,at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport, Abuja, on his way to Dubai Emirate following series of intelligence reports received from the commission”
According to the EFCC operatives “actionable cross border intelligence received from collaborative law enforcement about his alleged involvement in the criminal activities further strengthened our suspicion”
The EFCC also stated that Ismaila allegedly perpetrates his criminal activites under the guise of being a Bureau de Change Operator and is always seen with his little son flaunting huge sums of foreign currency on social media.
At the point of arrest the operatives of the EFCC recovered five wrist watches with a total worth of twenty million. The operatives said he will be charged to court.
