Crime

See how Fake NNPC Director was Arrested by EFCC Over ₦100 Million Fraud

Published by Tope Fakinlede on September 9th, 2024.

See how Fake NNPC Director was Arrested by EFCC Over ₦100 Million Fraud

Ibrahim Shuaibu, posing as a director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), is now in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) facing charges of fraud amounting to ₦100 million.

The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the EFCC has brought Shuaibu before Justice Darius Khobo at the Kaduna State High Court. He faces seven charges including criminal breach of trust, impersonation, and obtaining money under false pretenses.

One of the charges alleges that Shuaibu, along with an accomplice who is now deceased, conspired in 2017 to defraud individuals by pretending to offer services for financial gain, violating the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act of 2006.

Another charge states that in 2018, Shuaibu deceitfully obtained ₦47,050,000 from Faisal Safiyanu by falsely promising to supply petroleum products. Shuaibu has pleaded not guilty to all charges, leading the prosecution to request a trial date. His defense attorney, AbdulKareem Audu, did not submit a bail application.

Justice Khobo has remanded Shuaibu in EFCC custody. The case dates back to 2017 when Shuaibu, under the pretense of being an NNPC executive, deceived his victim into transferring funds for the purchase of petroleum products, which he never delivered.