Bello Hairu, Son & others

In 2021, Bello Hairu and his son, along with other co-defendants, were arraigned on corruption charges involving N300 million in public funds. The case was documented by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) as one of 100 high-profile corruption cases being prosecuted in Nigerian courts that year. The arraignment represented another test of Nigeria's anti-corruption institutions during President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.

The case emerged during a period when Nigeria's anti-corruption agencies, including the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), were pursuing numerous high-value prosecutions. These efforts were part of the Buhari administration's stated commitment to fighting corruption, which had been a central campaign promise since 2015. The involvement of family members in the charges reflected patterns often seen in Nigerian corruption cases, where public officials sometimes implicate relatives in financial schemes.