Alleged fraud: Court docket remands ex-NHIS boss Yusuf in jail

alleged fraud: court remands ex nhis boss yusuf in prison

A Excessive Court docket of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Kuje has ordered the remand of a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf, in jail, pending the dedication of his bail utility.

Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu issued the order yesterday after Yusuf was arraigned and he pleaded not responsible to five-count cost bordering on fraud which the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) filed in opposition to him.

After his plea was taken, his lawyer, O. I. Habeeb, urged the court docket to permit his shopper to stay within the custody of the EFCC (from the place he was dropped at court docket) pending the listening to and dedication of his bail utility.

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Justice Nwecheonwu rejected the defence lawyer’s request, saying the defendant couldn’t be saved within the fee’s custody after his arraignment.

She ordered that Yusuf be remanded in Kuje jail in Abuja and adjourned until February 12 for the listening to of the defendant’s bail utility.

Within the cost, the EFCC accused Yusuf of allegedly utilizing his place on the time to confer undue benefit to himself by approving the acquisition of a automobile at the price of N49,197,750, in opposition to the budgeted sum of N30,000,000.

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