EFCC arraigns Clerk at Northern National Orthopedic Hospital on HWN JUSTICE

In the Northern part of Nigeria, the EFCC has also arraigned two former clerks of National Orthopedic Hospital, Dala, Kano State, one Umar Yusuf and Ibrahim Ahmed Bebeji before Justice Dije Aboki of the State High Court, Kano, on a three-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and theft of N3.18m.

According to a statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of the commission, Yusuf and Bebeji had “between January and September, 2013 allegedly conspired and fraudulently altered information on official revenue receipts in their custody for services rendered to individuals.”
Advertisement

The statement added: “An audit report carried out by the Hospital Management revealed that, the sum of N3,331,167 (three million, three hundred and thirty one thousand, one hundred and sixty seven naira) was collected as revenue by the accused.

“But the duo declared and paid the sum of N150,314 (one hundred and fifty thousand, three hundred and fourteen naira) to the hospital coffers, while pocketing the sum of N3,180,853 (three million, one hundred and eighty thousand, eight hundred and fifty three naira)”

One of the charges brought against them reads: “That you, Umar Yusuf and Ibrahim Ahmad Bebeji between January to September, 2013 in Kano within the judicial division of the High Court of Justice, Kano State, while being clerks of National Orthopedic Hospital, Dala, Kano, committed theft of the sum of N3,180,853.00 (three million, one hundred and eighty thousand, eight hundred and fifty three naira only) which was received as part of the revenue accruable to the hospital and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 286 and punishable under Section 289 of the Penal Code.”

The accused persons pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to them.

The counsel to the EFCC, Musa Isa, asked the court for a date for hearing sequel to the plea of the accused persons.

However, the defence counsel urged the court to admit the accused persons to bail. Justice Aboki granted the accused bail with two sureties of not below Grade Level 12 of the civil service. The sureties must sign a bond of one million naira each. The accused are to be remanded in prison custody until their bail conditions are met. The case was adjourned to October 8 for commencement of trial.