Reason205
Arraigned
Aminu Baba-Kusa
Former General Manager / Executive Director at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. 2nd defendant in FCT/HC/CR/43/2015 alongside Sambo Dasuki, Acacia Holdings Ltd (which Baba-Kusa owns) and Reliance Referral Hospital Ltd (in which his wife is a major shareholder). EFCC PW1 testimony: Acacia Holdings and Arabcaria Farms Ltd are sister companies owned by Baba-Kusa. Defence counsel Solomon Umoh SAN successfully objected to admissibility of Baba-Kusa statements in 2025, prompting Justice Charles Agbaza to order a trial-within-trial. Re-arraigned 25 March 2025; pleaded not guilty.
Sources
- SOURCE-01Premium Times — EFCC re-arraigns Dasuki, three others (March 2025)
- Premium Times — EFCC re-arraigns Dasuki, three others (March 2025)www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/783927-efcc-re-arraigns-dasuki-three-others-over-alleged-n33-2bn-arms-procurement-fraud.html
- SOURCE-02Guardian — EFCC arraigns Dasuki, Baba Kusa NNPC ex-director (December 2015)
- Guardian — EFCC arraigns Dasuki, Baba Kusa NNPC ex-director (December 2015)guardian.ng/news/efcc-arraigns-dasuki-baba-kusa-nnpc-ex-director-shuaibu/
- SOURCE-03Peoples Daily — Payment mandate duly signed by Dasuki (October 2025)
- Peoples Daily — Payment mandate duly signed by Dasuki (October 2025)peoplesdailyng.com/alleged-n33-2bn-fraud-payment-mandate-was-duly-signed-by-dasuki-efcc-witness/
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