Names called in Buhari’s $6.2 Million fraud scheme

The crime doesn’t get worse than implicating a country’s president in a criminal act like fraud and forgery, and in the case doing the rounds now, is the $6.2 Million fraud scheme carried out under former President Buhari’s signature.

Three Nigerian individuals, namely Odoh Eric Ocheme, Adamu Abubakar, and Imam Abubakar, have been accused of conspiring to forge the signature of former President Muhammadu Buhari in a scheme to siphon over six million US dollars from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The case, which has sparked widespread concern, has prompted a specialized team of investigators assigned to probe fraud within the CBN to formally request the placement of the accused trio on the Interpol Red Notice.

DCP Eloho Okpoziakpo, Head of Operations at the Office of the Special Investigator, signed the letter addressed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), outlining the grave allegations against the suspects.

According to the letter, Ocheme, an employee of the CBN, is currently evading authorities, while his accomplices, Adamu Abubakar and Imam Abubakar, are also on the run.

The trio is suspected of fabricating documents bearing the name of the former Nigerian president to unlawfully divert an estimated sum of US$6,230,000 from the coffers of the CBN.

In the letter, DCP Okpoziakpo states, “Consequent upon the above, a charge was filed, and warrants of arrest have been issued by the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Abuja Division,” further indicating the seriousness of the allegations.

The accused individuals have been slapped with six counts charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja.