EFCC Arraigns Fake NNPC Executive Director

 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Ibrahim Nuhu Shuaibu before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court for fraud.

Shuaibu is facing a seven-count charge including criminal breach of trust, impersonation, and obtaining N100 million by false pretense.

Shuaibu’s legal troubles began in 2017 when he posed as NNPCL’s Group Executive Director and promised to help his victim procure over 2000 liters of petroleum products.

The victim transferred the agreed cost to Shuaibu’s bank accounts in installments. However, Shuaibu failed to deliver the petroleum products and did not refund the victim’s money.

One of the charges against Shuaibu 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 Offenses 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 N47,050,000.00(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 the charges.

The prosecution counsel, M. Lawal urged the court to fix a trial date. However, Shuaibu’s counsel, AbdulKareem Audu failed to file a bail application.

Consequently, Justice Khobo ordered the defendant to be remanded in the custody of the EFCC.