They pleaded “not guilty” to the charges, prompting prosecution counsel, Rita Ogar, to request a trial date and an order remanding the defendants in a correctional centre.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, arraigned the Managing Director of Abu-Haneefa Oil and Gas Ltd, Musa Farouk Abubakar; the company; and one Sandra Chizoba Attoh before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, over alleged fraud.
They were arraigned on an amended 15-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit fraud, corruption, and money laundering involving N691,677,310 (Six Hundred and Ninety-One Million, Six Hundred and Seventy-Seven Thousand, Three Hundred and Ten Naira).
Count 10 of the charge reads: “That you Musa Farouk Abubakar, being the Managing Director of Abu Haneefa Oil and Gas Ltd on or about 21st July 2025, in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this honourable court transferred the total sum of N297,000,000 (Two hundred and ninety-seven million Naira) from Abu-Haneefa Oil and Gas Ltd account No.1313378899 with Zenith Bank Plc to account no. 0108910277 of Sandra Chizoba Attoh with Access Bank Nigeria when you reasonably ought to have known that the said money formed part of the proceeds of unlawful act to wit: corruption and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18(2)(b) of Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 and punishable under Section 18(3) of the same Act.”
