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EFCC files new 10-count charge against Bauchi Finance Commissioner Yakubu Adamu and three civil servants.
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Alleged $9.7m linked to terrorism financing and money laundering between January and May 2024.
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Defendants to be arraigned before Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed fresh charges against the Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, and three other civil servants over alleged terrorism financing and money laundering involving $9.7 million.
The defendants are scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja on a 10-count charge. The other accused persons are Balarabe Abdullahi Ilelah, Aminu Mohammed Bose, and Kabiru Yahaya Mohammed. Two additional suspects, including the former Accountant-General of Bauchi State, Sirajo Jaja, and Samaila Irmiya Liman, are said to be at large.
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According to the charge filed on December 30, 2025, the defendants allegedly conspired between January and May 2024 to provide large sums of money in cash for the benefit of Bello Bodejo and individuals associated with him. The EFCC alleged that the funds were used, in whole or in part, to finance terrorist activities, following approvals reportedly granted by the Bauchi State Governor.
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The commission further accused the defendants of disguising the origin of the funds by routing state government money through Bureau de Change operators and converting it to United States dollars. Some counts also border on alleged money laundering offences involving over $6.9 million.
Justice Nwite had earlier declined to take the defendants’ plea on Tuesday after the fresh charge was found not to be in the court file. The judge subsequently fixed Wednesday for their arraignment.
The court had previously ordered the remand of the finance commissioner in EFCC custody in connection with a separate N4.6 billion money laundering case pending the hearing of the new charges.
