One Ibrahim Shuaibu has been arraigned before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna State, for an allegation of fraud by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The arraignment was confirmed in a statement made on Monday on the EFFC X handle. The defendant was facing a seven-count charge, including criminal breach of trust, impersonation, and obtaining by false pretence, amounting to N100 million.
According to the charges against the suspect, count one noted that the defendant had conspired for an illegal act sometime in 2017 in Kaduna, which included obtaining money under false pretence. Thus, they committed an offence contrary to Section 8(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.
The second charge noted that the suspect, sometime in 2018 in Kaduna, to defraud, obtained the total sum of Forty-Seven Million and Fifty Thousand Naira from one Faisal Safiyanu, claiming to supply him with petroleum products. The second charges, according to the court, were contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offenses Act 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.
After hearing the not guilty plea of the suspect, the suspect pleaded not guilty to the charges, and the prosecution urged the court to fix a trial when the trial will begin. The counsel to the defendant, AbdulKareem Audu, failed to file a bail application.
In his reaction, the judge, Justice Khobo, ordered that the suspect be remanded in the custody of the EFFC.
