The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, arraigned Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, alongside Balarabe Abdullahi Ilelah, Aminu Mohammed Bose, and Kabiru Yahaya Mohammed, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

The four defendants face a ten-count charge related to conspiracy, conversion of public funds, and alleged terrorism financing, contrary to Section 2(1) and Section 19(1)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, and punishable under Section 19(2)(b) of the same law.

Prosecution counsel, Samuel Chime, informed the court that the matter was for arraignment and requested that the charges be read to the defendants. “We have a ten-count charge dated 30 December, 2025, and filed on the same day,” Chime said.

One of the counts alleges that Yakubu Adamu, at some point in 2024, received cash payments totaling $6,950,000 outside of a financial institution, an act contrary to the Money Laundering Act.

Another count accuses Adamu, alongside other civil servants, of conspiring between January and May 2024 to provide $2,300,000 in cash for the benefit of Bello Bodejo and associates, allegedly knowing the funds could be used to finance a terrorist or terrorist group. The approval for the transaction is said to have been granted by the Executive Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed.

All defendants pleaded “not guilty” to the charges. Prosecution counsel subsequently requested a trial date to open the case, while the defence informed the court that separate bail applications had been filed for each defendant on December 30, 2025. Chime confirmed that the prosecution had been served and had filed a joint counter-affidavit the same day.

Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the matter to January 5, 2026, for ruling on the bail applications, while the defendants were remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre.