The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a legal practitioner, Steve Adamu, before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on a one-count charge bordering on giving false information to the Commission.
According to the charge, Adamu allegedly gave false information to the EFCC on September 15, 2022, claiming that his landlord had no identifiable means of livelihood despite acquiring expensive vehicles and developing properties across Kaduna.
The Commission said the allegation prompted an investigation, which later revealed that the claims were false and malicious.
The charge reads in part: “That you, Barrister Steve Adamu, on or about the 15th day of September, 2022, in Kaduna, Kaduna State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, wilfully gave false information to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission… which you knew to be false, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 16(1) and punishable under Section 16(2) of the EFCC Establishment Act, 2004.”
Adamu pleaded not guilty to the charge, following which prosecution counsel, M.E. Eimonye, requested a trial date.
The defence counsel, however, applied for bail on behalf of the defendant.
Justice Khobo ordered the lawyer to be remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Centre and adjourned the case to December 20, 2025, for the hearing of the bail application.
The EFCC said the defendant’s arraignment stemmed from his petition against his landlord, which was later found to have been made in bad faith, leading to his arrest and subsequent prosecution.
