Haliru Bello Mohammed

Career civil servant; former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service; Minister of Defence under President Jonathan (2012–2013); appointed acting National Chairman of the PDP in May 2015 after Adamu Mu'azu's resignation. Arraigned 5 January 2016 before Justice Ahmed Mohammed at the Federal High Court Abuja on a four-count charge of money laundering and criminal breach of trust over ₦300m allegedly received from ONSA. Pleaded not guilty; granted ₦300m bail with two sureties; appeared in court in a wheelchair claiming spinal-surgery convalescence. Case was repeatedly delayed and the original trial judge elevated to Court of Appeal; re-arraigned 18 March 2024 before Justice Peter Lifu after eight years. His son Abba Bello (co-defendant) died in January 2023; the EFCC subsequently amended the charge to remove the deceased son.