EFCC Nabs Kwara SUBEB Director and 5 other Officials Over Alleged N96M Fraud

• The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Division has charged six (6) officers of SUBEB to court.

• They were arraigned over alleged N96 million Fraud.

• These officers were top-ranking SUBEB staff majorly in the finance and accounting units.

EFCC has filed a four-count charge of criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of funds against the six officers of the State Universal Basic Education Board(SUBEB).

The suit was presented before Justice Akanbi of the State High Court, sitting in Ilorin. It contains an allegation charge of N97M against the officers.

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The accused implicated by the suit include:

Ahmed Husain Olarewaju, Director, Finance and Supply
Omole Omololu John, Controller, Finance and Accounts
Fatai Oyerinde, Coordinator, Salary Unit
Mujeeb Ibrahim, Executive Officer, Account and Salary Schedule
Salami Temitope Bashir, staff of the Salary Unit at Kwara SUBEB
Dauda Aweda Quozim, staff of the Salary Unit at Kwara SUBEB.

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The count charges against them say that the six officials misappropriated the Gros sum of a certain property worth N30,406,629.09 (Thirty Million, Four Hundred and Six Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty-Nine Naira, Nine Kobo) found in Kwara State SUBEB account No: 0031236028 at Sterling Bank Plc between January 2019 and June 2019. They were allegedly found guilty of criminal breach of trust in respect of the said property which is punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code.

Though they pleaded not guilty the prosecution counsel, Andrew Akoja, requested a trial date and urged the court to remand the defendants in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Centre.

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The defense counsel, Abdullahi Lawal, however, made an oral bail application on behalf of the accused persons but it was denied by the court.

Justice Akanbi ordered that the defendants be remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Ilorin pending the determination of their bail applications. He also adjourned the case to Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

The accused will be facing the full course of the law if found guilty by the court.

Meanwhile, EFCC has made this public on heir X formerly known as Twitter as it’s a public service fraud suit. And also to show their unalloyed commitment to cracking financial misconduct by public officials.