Usman Yusuf, former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has been charged with five counts of fraud and a second count has been filed with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Kuje, Abuja, arraigned Usman Yusuf.
When the charges were read to him, the defendant entered a not-guilty plea.
Counsel to the defendant, O. I Habeeb, thereafter requested that his client be remanded in the custody of the EFCC pending the hearing of the bail application.
The trial judge, Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu, however, pointed out that once the defendant was arraigned, he ceased to be in the custody of the EFCC.
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She subsequently adjourned the case to February 12, 2025, and ordered that Yusuf be remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, pending the hearing of his bail application.
The former NHIS Executive Secretary is accused of using his position to benefit himself in 2016 and 2017 by using his position.
Source: Channels TV
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