Fake NNPC Director Remanded Over N100m Fraud
Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court has remanded one Ibrahim Shuaibu in Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody for posing as the Group Executive Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC).ย
According to a Monday statement on EFCC X.com handle Shuaibu is facing prosecution on a seven-count charge, including criminal breach of trust, impersonation, and obtaining by false pretence, amounting to N100 million.
Count one of his charges reads, โThat 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.โ
Another reads, โThat 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.โ
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He pleaded โnot guiltyโ to all the charges when they were read to him, prompting the prosecution counsel, M. Lawal to urge the court to fix a trial date. His counsel, AbdulKareem Audu failed to file a bail application.
Justice Khobo afterwards ordered the defendant to be remanded in the custody of the EFCC.
Shuaibuโs path to prosecution began in 2017 when he falsely represented himself as the Group Executive Director of NNPC, offering to help his victim acquire over 2,000 litres of petroleum products.
The victim subsequently transferred the agreed payment to Shuaibuโs bank accounts in instalments.
However, after receiving the funds, Shuaibu neither delivered the products nor refunded the victimโs money.
