Ex-NNPC Official Convicted Over N6bn Fraud In Kaduna

The Suspect, Abdulkadir Mohammed Salihu

The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction of a former Sales Assistant of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Abdulkadir Mohammed Salihu.

According to the EFCC, he was convicted before Justice Z. B Abubakar of the Federal High Court in Kaduna State, over fraudulent activities that summed up to the tune of N6 billion.

The anti-graft agency revealed this in a tweet saying:

"The EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office has secured the conviction of one Abdulkadir Mohammed Salihu, a former Sales Assistant of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Kaduna Depot.He was arraigned on three count charge bordering on fraud to the tune of N6 billion, before Justice Z. B Abubakar of the Federal High Court in Kaduna State".

Salihu who was in charge of loading manifest at the Kaduna Depot of the NNPC, was arrested on 29th October, 2019 and arraigned today, Wednesday, March 25, 2020.