Former Bauchi Accountant-General faces 16 charges in N11bn fraud case

A erstwhile accountant-general of Bauchi State, Sa’idu Abubakar, has been arraigned earlier a High Court successful the authorities implicit an alleged N11 cardinal indebtedness fraud involving the procurement of thousands of motorcycles.

Abubakar was docked connected Friday connected a 16-count complaint bordering connected the alleged diversion of nationalist funds, forgery, transgression breach of trust, maltreatment of bureau and different related offences.

According to tribunal documents, the erstwhile accountant-general allegedly diverted N3 cardinal from a indebtedness installation obtained from UBA Bank for the acquisition of 5,000 motorcycles said to beryllium non-existent.

The prosecution further accused him of misleading the Bauchi State House of Assembly and the Office of the Secretary to the State Government by allegedly presenting unauthorised indebtedness facilities arsenic having received authoritative authorities approval.

Investigators claimed that the alleged misrepresentation led to the issuance and usage of support documents that were not lawfully authorised.

The complaint expanse besides alleged that Abubakar diverted N4.65 cardinal and N3.36 cardinal from abstracted indebtedness facilities obtained from Polaris Bank and ...