Alleged Fraud: EFCC charges former NHIS boss Yusuf with 5 counts
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has brought a five-count amended charge against Usman Yusuf, the former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), accusing him of fraud.
Yusuf appeared before Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuje, Abuja, where the charges were read to him. He pleaded not guilty to the allegations.
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Defense counsel, O.I. Habeeb, requested that Yusuf be held in EFCC custody until his bail application could be heard. However, Justice Nwecheonwu clarified that once the defendant had been arraigned, he was no longer in EFCC custody.
The judge then adjourned the case to February 12, 2025, and ordered that Yusuf be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, until the bail application hearing.
Yusuf is accused of using his position to gain undue benefits between 2016 and 2017, and of awarding contracts without adhering to proper procurement procedures.
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