EFCC arraigns man for alleged N950m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Command, on Wednesday, arraigned one Alhaji Usman Abubakar before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos.
The defendant was docked alongside Young Alhaji Foundation on a five-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and N950 million fraud.
One of the counts reads: “Alhaji Usman Abubakar, Young Alhaji Foundation and Dr. Abu Omer Fawzi (at large) sometime in September 2022, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, conspired amongst yourselves to obtain the sum of N950, 000,000 from Ano Farms Limited under the false pretence that you had the Dollar equivalent of the said sum, which pretence you knew to be false.”
