Mompha further thanked his Instagram fans and well-wishers, assuring them that he is fine and enjoying himself in Dubai.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Instagram celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha, has debunked the rumour that he has been re-arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The social media celebrity was facing money laundering charges to the tune of N6 billion before he disappeared.
On Friday, he said in a live video on Instagram that he was not arrested.
In the video, Mompha danced to Timaya’s “Sweet Us” to validate that he is free and not in the EFCC’s net as erroneously reported.
He also released a statement titled, “Idan was not arrested by EFCC; 33BG is not in EFCC custody” while telling EFCC to desist from media trial.
“Contrary to the recent publication in most media platforms in Nigeria that I, Mompha, was rearrested by the EFCC. I want to use this medium to expose the corrupt and mischievous commission again that I was neither rearrested nor am I in their custody.
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“This assertion by the EFCC is laughable because I am currently not in Nigeria more or less rearrested.
“I hereby urge the commission to desist from this insensible media trial and stop misleading people through the press/media that I am in your custody and would produce me before the court on July 3,” he wrote.
Mompha further thanked his Instagram fans and well-wishers, who are concerned about his safety, assuring them that he is fine and enjoying himself in Dubai.
On May 15, EFCC’s counsel, Suleiman Suleiman, told a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, that the prosecution, in collaboration with its international partners, had secured the arrest of Mompha.
“The prosecution will like to bring to the knowledge of My Lord that in collaboration with our international partners, we have been able to apprehend the defendant. We plan to take him into custody and produce him before the court. The counsel for the defendant reached out to me seeking an adjournment that he will be absent today in court,” Suleiman said.
Justice Mojisola Dada, thereafter, adjourned the case until July 3 for the continuation of trial.
