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Fake NNPC Director In EFCC Custody Over ₦100 Million Fraud
The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Ibrahim Shuaibu before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on charges of fraud.
Shuaibu, who falsely claimed to be a director at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), is facing a seven-count charge involving criminal breach of trust, impersonation, and obtaining money under false pretenses, totaling ₦100 million.
In a statement released on Monday via the EFCC’s X.com handle, Shuaibu, also known as Ishaku Abdulrazak, was accused of conspiring with the now-deceased Ilya Garba in 2017 to obtain money through fraudulent means.
One of the charges states, “That you, Nuhu Ibrahim Shuaibu (a.k.a Ishaku Abdulrazak) (M) and lIya Garba (now deceased) sometime in 2017 in Kaduna within the judicial division of this honourable court did conspire between yourselves to do an illegal act, to wit: obtaining money under false pretence and thereby 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.”
Another charge reads, “That you, Nuhu Ibrahim Shuaibu (a.k.a Ishaku Abdulrazak)(M) sometime in 2018 at Kaduna within the judicial division of this honourable court, with intent to defraud, obtained the total sum of ₦47,050,000.00 (Forty-Seven Million and Fifty Thousand Naira) from one Faisal Safiyanu, when you claimed to supply him petroleum products, which pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence 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.”
Shuaibu pleaded “not guilty” to all charges. In response, prosecution counsel M. Lawal requested the court to set a trial date. Shuaibu’s defense counsel, AbdulKareem Audu, did not file a bail application.
Justice Khobo ordered that the defendant be remanded in EFCC custody.
Shuaibu’s fraudulent activities date back to 2017 when he falsely posed as a Group Executive Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), promising to help a victim acquire over 2,000 litres of petroleum products.
The victim transferred payments to Shuaibu’s account in installments, but the promised products were never delivered, nor was the money refunded.