The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Ibrahim Shuaibu before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on charges of fraud. Shuaibu is facing a seven-count charge including criminal breach of trust, impersonation, and obtaining by false pretence, amounting to N100 million.
According to the EFCC’s statement on Monday, Shuaibu allegedly conspired with another individual, now deceased, to defraud a victim under the guise of being a Group Executive Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The fraud involved a claim to supply over 2,000 litres of petroleum products in 2017.
One of the charges reads: “That you, Nuhu Ibrahim Shuaibu (a.k.a Ishaku Abdulrazak) (M) and Illya Garba (now deceased), sometime in 2017, within the judicial division of this honourable court, conspired to commit fraud by obtaining money under false pretences, contrary to Section 8(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”
Shuaibu allegedly obtained N47,050,000 from one Faisal Safiyanu, pretending to sell petroleum products. However, he neither delivered the products nor refunded the money.
Shuaibu pleaded not guilty to all charges, and the court has remanded him in EFCC custody.
