Internet Celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha has been reportedly rearrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on suspicion of fresh internet fraud.
Recall that Mompha who was earlier detained by the EFCC was granted bail from the N33billion money laundering charge filed against him by the anti-graft agency at the Federal High Court, Lagos.
The Nation reports that Mompha was re-arrested last Friday at the Commission’s Ikoyi office, when he went to retrieve several items seized from him.
The items – five wristwatches, one Apple Air pod, one iPhone, eight mobile phones and one pair of sunglasses, were confiscated following his arrest last October 19, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
EFCC counsel Mr Rotimi Oyedepo had told the judge that it had earlier released Mompha’s Air Pod and sunglasses when the application was filed.
He said the other properties Mompha sought were still with the commission for investigative purpos
But following an application by his counsel Mr Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), Justice Mohammed Liman on July 24 ordered the EFCC to release the items to Mompha.
The judge ruled that since the items were not listed as exhibits in the money laundering charges filed against Mompha, the EFCC had no justification to continue to hold onto them.
