The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Ilorin Zonal Command has charged six Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board executives with alleged theft of N96 million in the State High Court before Ilorin.
Ahmed Olarewaju, Omole Omololu, Fatai Oyerinde, Mujeeb Ibrahim, Salami Bashir, and Dauda Quozim were brought before Justice Suleiman Akanbi on a four-count allegation of criminal breach of trust and public monies theft.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the officers, who worked in various roles at SUBEB, reportedly plotted between 2018 and 2020 to transfer government cash for personal benefit.
One of the charges read, “That you, Ahmed Husain Olarewaju, Omole Omololu, Fatai Oyerinde, Mujeeb Ibrahim, and Bashir Temitope Salami, between September 2018 and December 2018, while being public officers entrusted with the sum of N33,891,982.37 from the Kwara SUBEB account domiciled in Sterling Bank Plc, committed a criminal breach of trust, an offence punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code.
Another count charged them with misappropriating N30,406,629.09 from the same account between January and June 2019.
The defendants pled not guilty to all counts.
Following their plea, prosecuting lawyer Andrew Akoja asked for a trial date and urged the court to send the prisoners to a federal detention institution.
However, Abdullahi Lawal, the defense attorney, submitted an oral motion for bail.
Justice Akanbi postponed the case to April 16, 2025, and remanded the accused to the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Ilorin.
