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COMPOUNDING OF AN OFFENCE- INGREDIENTS THAT MUST CO-EXIST FOR AN OFFENCE TO BE PROPERLY COMPOUNDED BY THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION UNDER ITS ACT

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“To properly compound an offence by the EFCC, under the EFCC Act, the following must co-exist:-

  1. The accused must not only have knowledge of the offence, there must be the actual commission of crime.
  2. There must be an agreement not to prosecute.
  3. There must be a receipt of consideration i.e. sums of money exceeding the maximum amount to which that person would have been liable if he had been convicted of the offence.
  4. The offence must be punishable under the EFCC Act by PER J.I.OKORO,J.S.C in

    ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION V CHIEF PATRICK T. CHIDOLUE LER [2018]SC. 444/2011 https://legalpediaonline.com/economic-and-financial-crimes-commission-v-chief-patrick-t-chidolue/



   
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