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Usman Yusuf |
Former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf, has been remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre following his arraignment on a five-count amended charge of alleged fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) brought the charges against Yusuf, who served as the NHIS head between 2016 and 2017.
Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Kuje, Abuja, presided over the case. Yusuf pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Counsel to the defendant, O.I Habeeb, had requested that his client be remanded in the custody of the EFCC pending the hearing of the bail application.
The trial judge, Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu, however, pointed out that once the defendant was arraigned, he ceased to be in the custody of the EFCC.
She subsequently adjourned the case to February 12, 2025, and ordered that Yusuf be remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, pending the hearing of his bail application.
The former NHIS Executive Secretary, according to Channels Television report, is being accused of using his office to confer undue advantages to himself between 2016 and 2017.
He also allegedly awarded contracts without following the due procurement process.
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