The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), has on Thursday arraigned the duo of former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Professor Ibrahim Garba and former Busar of the same university, Ibrahim Shehu Usman, before Justice A.A Bello of the Kaduna State High Court on an eight count charge bordering on theft and money laundering to the tune of over N1billion by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
In an official statement released on verified page of the anti-graft agency, Truth Live News confirmed that the arraignment followed months of discreet investigation triggered by a petition accusing the duo of diverting monies meant for the renovation of the popular Kongo Conference Hotel, Zaria.
Part of the statement reads:
“The investigation established that over one billion Naira was allegedly stolen from different accounts of the institution by the defendants and diverted into their private accounts”.