The beautiful lady poses as the wife of the governor Katsina, the cheaters of the victims N197m

• A husband and wife were notified by EFCC for a fraud scheme N197.75 million involving the impersonation of the first lady of Katsina
• Defendants would have frauduted victims by falsely claims to exchange dollars for Naara, with funds washed through several accounts
• The justice amina bello withdrew the defendants in arrest and postponed the case by March 17, 2025, for hearings for the bail

The Commission for Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) has brought accusations against a husband and wife, Baba Sule Abubakar Sadiq and Hafsat Kabir Lawal, along with two others, Abdullahi Bala and Ladani Akindele, for their alleged involvement in a fraud system N1975.75 million.

The defendants were accused before the judge Amina Bello from the High Court of State Kaduna, Monday, March 10, 2025, who are facing six charges of obtaining money through false claims, money laundering and theft.

The group is accused of orchestrated a sophisticated scam, which included the involvement of the wife of the governor of Katsina, Fatima Dikko Radda, to deceive his victims.

DSS teach suspects to EFCC

The defendants were initially detained by the State Services Department (DSS) before being handed over to EFCC due to the financial nature of their alleged crime.

One of the accusations detailed how Hafsat Kabir Lawal, Baba Sule Abubakar Sadiq, Abdullahi Bala and Ladani Akinde have frauduted a victim, Aminu Usman, N89 million in December 2024.

It seems that the defendants convinced Usman to deposit the funds in a Taj bank account belonging to Abdullahi Bala, under the false claim to change the exchange Hair equivalent for $ 53,300.

The accusation sheet said that the defendants knew that this statement is false, violating section 1 (1) of the Law on Fraud Fraud and other 2006 fraud offenses.

Suspects were employed not to be guilty for all charges

During the judicial procedures, the defendants pleaded innocent for all accusations.

Following their reasons, the criminal lawyer, Bright C. Ogbonna, asked for a judgment and asked the court to withhold the defendants in a correctional unit.

However, defense lawyers for accused, including Mrs. Katu, San, Jazuli Mustapha and Paul A. Okachi, informed the court that they have submitted bail applications for their customers and that they are ready to proceed.

Ogbonna opposed the bail requests, arguing that they are not yet prepared for hearing.

In response, the Defense Lawyer requested permission to make oral bail applications. After taking into account arguments on both sides, the Bello justice faced the criminal prosecution, ordering the defendants to be withdrawn.

The case was postponed until March 17, 2025, to hear the bail applications.

The suspect was assumed to posed as the first lady of the state

Research revealed that Hafsat Kabir Lawal represented as the first lady of Katsina to deceive her victims. It would have obtained N89 million from one petitioner and one additional N108 million from another, claiming it has $ 118,300 available for exchange.

Hafsat’s husband, Sadiq, facilitated the scheme, offering SIM cards registered as Fatima Dikko Radda using the True Caller app.

Sadiq also asked for the help of Ladani Akindele, a former colleague at a new generation bank, to obtain the contact details of President Unity Bank, Hafiz Bashir. Through Bashir, the defendants provided the contact information of Aminu Usman, an operator of the Change Bureau, which became one of their primary victims.

The funds were deposited in the bank account of Abdullahi Bala and subsequently distributed between the defendants. money It was assumed that it was washed through various channels, still complicating the investigation.

EFCC started to go after “Yahoo Boys” in Nigeria

In the meantime, Legit.ng reported that the Committee on Economic and Financial Offenses (EFCC) said he was ready to support the effort to Combats cheaters on the Internet.

This came after hundreds of niger fraudulent Instagram And the Facebook accounts were eliminated by Meta. The Social Media giant has eliminated nearly 63,000 fake accounts last summer, because they were related to the increasing issue.

Source: legit.ng