Recall when EFCC in conjunction with Interpol and FBI tracked and arrested acclaimed billionaire and Bureau de change operator, Ismaila Mustapha, who is known as Mompha over an alleged 33 billion naira money laundry charges on October 22, 2019.

Mompha

He was later arraigned to court and remanded in prison until he was granted bail in December, 2019 and ever since then, nothing has been heard of the case. For all we know, Mompha is a free man.

Now, Nigeria is still buzzing over the confirmed arrest of popular Instagram big boy, Hushpuppi who rode into limelight due to his lavish lifestyle and flamboyant display of wealth on Instagram. He was picked up in Dubai alongside his friends.

Hushpuppi

It was a combined effort of Interpol and United State’s security agencies namely, FBI and Secret Service who had been tracking Hushpuppi over his involvement in a large scale fraud in America up to a tune of $100m in unemployment benefit packages meant for native Americans due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Interpol has opened up that Nigeria has requested for his extradition claiming he committed those frauds in Nigeria. We all know what will happen if he gets extradited to Nigeria.

EFCC

There are;

1. Like his counterpart, he would be paraded all over social media. EFCC would pose for pictures, beat their chests and may even claim credit for his arrest.

2. All manners of press conferences will be organized. Interviews will be granted by EFCC which they would inundate us of how they’d placed Hushpuppi in their radar for years.

3. Social media trial will commence. Hushpuppi’s personal life will be dug out and the jury will be set out on him. Accounts of his previous frauds will be plastered all over social media.

4. Hushpuppi like Mompha will smile for the cameras and even pose knowing all these are just ceremonial trial to make EFCC look good.

5. Celebrities will be divided; those loyal to Hushpuppi will write epistle how people who live in a glass house shouldn’t cast stone while those who are envy of Hushpuppi would gloat how they’d warned Hushpuppi several times.

6. Some Nigerian ladies will make videos of them crying and weeping loud, begging EFCC to release Hushpuppi. Some will be staged in order to appeal emotionally to the public.

7. Hushpuppi will be remanded in EFCC custody longer than required by law and he would file lawsuit against them for illegal detention. EFCC on their part will argue it is necessary for them to conclude their investigations properly.

8. Finally, he would be arraigned before a court of law. Of course social distancing rule will be blatantly ignored as both media houses and Nigerians will thronged to the court to catch a glimpse of the alleged fraudster.

9. Hushpuppi’s defense lawyers will file for bail but EFCC prosecution team would initially object. There would be series of adjournment to debate on the legality, feasibility and rationality of the bail. In the meantime, EFCC would up their media trial game, claiming victory.

10. Finally, like his counterpart and friend, Hushpuppi would be granted a bail up to a tune of 100 million naira. There will be wide jubilation knowing he is already a free man.

11. Few days later, he would be back on his Instagram handle where he would praise God that “God will never shame his children”. Nigerians will flock in the comment box to do eye service.

12. EFCC would organize press conference to boast that Hushpuppi isn’t free yet and would be arraigned and convicted. That time will tell. Nigerians will react and remind them of many similar cases that were swept under the carpet.

13. Hushpuppi will organize massive giveaways on his Instagram handle which majority of Nigerians will flood to partake including those that once called for his immediate sentencing.

14. EFCC would arrest low profile yahoo boys, secure their immediate sentencing and sing about that. Hushpuppi’s case will be long forgotten.

All he needs to do is pray and hope that his extradition to Nigeria will not be blocked by US.

Hushpuppi and EFCC

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