By Aaior K. Comfort
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 of fraud.

According to a statement posted on the EFCC X (formerly Twitter) handle on Monday, Shuaibu faces a seven-count charge that includes criminal breach of trust, impersonation, and obtaining by false pretenses, amounting to N100 million.

One of the charges alleges, “That you, Nuhu Ibrahim Shuaibu (also known as Ishaku Abdulrazak) and Ilya Garba (now deceased), sometime in 2017 in Kaduna, conspired to commit an illegal act, namely obtaining money under false pretenses. This constitutes an offense contrary to Section 8(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offenses Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”

Another charge states, “That you, Nuhu Ibrahim Shuaibu (also known as Ishaku Abdulrazak), in 2018 at Kaduna, with intent to defraud, obtained N47,050,000.00 (Forty-Seven Million and Fifty Thousand Naira) from one Faisal Safiyanu by falsely claiming you would supply petroleum products. This constitutes an offense under 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. The prosecution counsel, M. Lawal, requested the court to set a trial date. Shuaibu’s counsel, AbdulKareem Audu, did not file a bail application.