An FCT High Court on Monday granted leave to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arraign former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda and five others over alleged N13 billion fraud.
Others to be arraigned alongside Yuguda before Justice Peter Affen on December 15 included former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki and the former Director of Finance and Administration in the office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu.
Others are former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, his son Sagir Attahiru and their company Dalhatu Investment Limited.
Affen granted the order following an ex-parte application moved by counsel to the EFCC Mr Rotimi Jacobs (SAN).
Jacobs told the court that he filed a 21-count-charge bordering on fraud, criminal breach of trust and money laundering amounting to N13 billion against the six respondents.
He said that he attached proof of evidence, exhibits and list of witnesses with the charge and urged the court to grant the application.
In a copy of the charge, Sambo and Salisu were alleged to have transferred N3.35 billion, N500 million, N783 million respectively to the accounts of Dalhatu Investment for purported contracts for supply of security equipment.
Bafarawa, his son and their company on the other hand were alleged to had aggregated the N3.35 billion, N500 million and N783 million being proceeds of criminal conduct contrary to section 17 (b) of the EFCC Act 2004.
Bafarawa was also alleged to had in April, received from Yuguda, N100 million in dollar equivalent for the purpose of electioneering campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the North-West.
Dasuki, Salisu and Yuguda were also alleged to have fraudulently transferred N1.1 billion and N400 million respectively of the fund in the account of the office of NSA to the account of a company, Jabbama Ada Global Services for PDP campaign in the 2015 general elections.
Dasuki allegedly transferred N1.675 billion to the account of Vibrant Resources Ltd. belonging to his younger brother Abubakar Dasuki for a purported contract for the supply of security equipment.
