N19.4bn fraud: Sirika, brother get N100m bail each

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arraigned Sirika, on a fresh 10-count charge.

Recall that the former Minister, his daughter, Fatima, and his son-in-law, Jalal Sule Hamma, had on May 9, secured N100 Million bail each from an Abuja High Court at Maitama, over their alleged involvement in a phantom N2.7bn Nigerian Air contract scam. Some of the counts in the charge against the defendants, read, “That you Hadi Sirika, while being the Minister of Aviation, on or about August 18, 2022, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this court, did use your position to confer unfair advantage upon Enginos Nigeria Limited whose alter ego;

“…by using your position to influence the award to them, the contract for the establishment of Fire Truck Maintenance and Refurbishment Centre at Katsina Airport for the sum of N3.811 billion and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under the same section.

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