Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released suspected cyber fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha, better known as Mompha, almost two weeks after he was re-arrested by the anti-graft agency in Lagos.
According to Punch, his lawyer, Mr Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), confirmed this, saying his client was released on bail.
He added that Mompha had withdrawn the N5 million fundamental rights suit he filed against the EFCC to challenge his re-arrest.
MDB had reported that Mompha, who is answering N32bn fraud charges before the Federal High Court in Lagos state, was re-arrested on August 14 when he went to the EFCC’s office in Ikoyi to reclaim items seized from him by the anti-graft agency since last year.
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Mompha’s visit followed a July 24 ruling by Justice Mohammed Liman ordering the release of the seized items on the grounds that the EFCC did not list them as exhibits in court.
Subsequently, Mompha’s his lawyer, Oyewole filed a N5m suit against EFCC, declare his client’s re-arrest and detention was unjustifiable and unlawful.
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However, the spokesman for the EFCC, Mr Dele Oyewale, said Mompha’s re-arrest was justified as it was connected to a fresh set of cyber fraud, which had nothing to do with the earlier money laundering charges over which he had been arraigned.
