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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, alongside Balarabe Abdullahi Ilelah, Aminu Mohammed Bose, and Kabiru Yahaya Mohammed, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday.
They face a ten-count charge involving conspiracy, misappropriation of public funds, and alleged terrorism financing, contrary to Sections 2(1) and 19(1)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, and punishable under Section 19(2)(b).
Prosecution counsel, Samuel Chime, informed the court that the arraignment was to read the charges to the defendants. “We have a ten-count charge dated 30 December 2025 and filed the same day,” he said.
One count alleges that Yakubu Adamu, as Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, received $6,950,000 in cash outside a financial institution in 2024, violating the Money Laundering Act.
Another count claims that between January and May 2024, Adamu, along with other civil servants and signatories to state accounts, conspired to provide $2,300,000 in cash to Bello Bodejo and associates, allegedly knowing that the funds could be used to finance terrorism, contrary to the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
The defendants pleaded not guilty. Prosecution counsel requested a trial date to open the case, while defence lawyers stated that separate bail applications had been filed for each defendant on 30 December 2025.
Chime confirmed that the prosecution had been served and filed a joint counter-affidavit.
Justice Nwite adjourned the matter for a ruling on the bail applications to 5 January 2026 and remanded the defendants at Kuje Correctional Centre.
