The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday in a Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Maitama opened its case of alleged N2.6 billion fraud against former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika and three others.
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“Prosecuting Hadi Sirika without prosecuting Muhammadu Buhari is selective prosecution,” she wrote.
In the copy of the fresh charges on Monday, the EFCC alleged that Sirika, “while being the Minister of Aviation, on or about 18th August 2022, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did use your position to confer an unfair advantage upon Enginos Nigeria Limited, whose alter ego, Ahmad Abubakar Sirika, is your biological brother, by using your position to influence the award to him, the contract for the construction of a terminal building at Katsina Airport for the sum of N1,345,586,500.00.”
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Thursday admitted Hadi Sirika, former aviation minister, and two others to bail in the sum of N100 million each.
He was arraigned before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama Abuja on a six-count amended charge along with three others, including his daughter, Fatima; Jalal Hamma; and Al-Duraq Investment Ltd.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to arraign former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama on Thursday.
The anti-graft agency, EFCC reveals that the former Minister, Hadi Sirika, assigned the contracts to his brother, Abubakar, despite being aware that Abubakar holds a position as a civil servant.
He was arrested in connection with alleged money laundering amounting to N8,069,176,864.00 linked to the Nigeria Air scandal.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has quizzed Abubakar Sirika, a brother of the immediate-past Minister Hadi Sirika over an alleged N8.06 billion contract fraud in the Federal Ministry of Aviation.
The House of Representatives member, and Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji has reacted to the allegation by former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika that he requested five percent share-bribery on the Nigeria Air project.