Suspects face separate charges involving salary duplication, N650 million money laundering scheme and alleged false pretence.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a staff member of the University of Benin and two other defendants in separate fraud-related cases before courts in Edo and Borno states.
In Benin, Segun Bode Adedeji was arraigned before Justice E.G. Adekanmbi of the Edo State High Court on a four-count charge involving the alleged fraudulent receipt of ₦3.28 million. The EFCC alleged that while employed by the University of Benin, he simultaneously received salaries from the National Orthopaedic Hospital Benin.
In Maiduguri, the commission arraigned Abubakar Muhammad before the Federal High Court and Borno State High Court over alleged money laundering and criminal conversion involving N650 million. According to the EFCC, the funds were allegedly moved through multiple bank accounts under the guise of a mining investment scheme between 2021 and 2026.
Muhammad pleaded not guilty to the charges. The court granted him bail in the sum of N300 million with strict conditions and adjourned the case to June 11 and 15, 2026, for hearing.
In a separate case, Bilal Muhammad, Chief Executive Officer of GDF Home Sales Enterprises Ltd, was arraigned over an alleged N500,000 obtaining by false pretence charge. The EFCC alleged that he collected the money from a complainant under the claim that it was meant for the purchase of a tricycle, a representation the agency said was false.
Bilal also pleaded not guilty. Justice Amina Mustapha Ibrahim adjourned the matter until June 22, 2026, and ordered his remand at the Maiduguri Maximum Correctional Facility pending further proceedings.
The EFCC said all three cases are part of its ongoing efforts to prosecute financial crimes and ensure accountability in public and private sectors.