They were arraigned alongside one Benjamin Opara on a five-count charge bordering on counterfeiting and possession of counterfeit currency. However, while Garba and Ude pleaded 'guilty', Opara pleaded 'not guilty'. The prosecuting counsel, T.J. Banjo, thereafter called Adamu Yakubu, an operative of the EFCC, to review the facts of the case.
Yakubu further told the court that Ude was subsequently arrested and he confessed that he purchased the counterfeit dollars from Garba at the rate of N1,500 per $1 at a time in November 2023. During investigation, Iliyasu Garba also admitted that he was into currency counterfeiting, but claimed that he bought the counterfeit money from Benjamin Opara.
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