The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Ibrahim Shuaibu before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on charges related to fraud.
Shuaibu faces a seven-count charge involving criminal breach of trust, impersonation, and obtaining money by false pretence, amounting to ₦100 million.
One of the charges accuses Shuaibu, along with a deceased accomplice, of conspiring to obtain money under false pretence in 2017, an act which violates the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
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He is also charged against another fraud charge from 2018 accuses him of defrauding Faisal Safiyanu of ₦47,050,000 under the guise of supplying petroleum products, which he never delivered.
In both charges, Shuaibu pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The prosecution counsel, M. Lawal, requested a trial date, while Shuaibu’s defense counsel, AbdulKareem Audu, did not file a bail application. Consequently, Justice Khobo ordered Shuaibu’s remand in EFCC custody.
Shuaibu’s prosecution stems from a 2017 incident where he allegedly impersonated a senior official of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and fraudulently received payments for petroleum products that he never supplied.
Despite receiving funds in multiple tranches, he neither fulfilled the agreement nor refunded the victim’s money.
