Aliyu Abdulhameed, former Managing Director of Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) Plc, is scheduled to be arraigned by the police on March 13 on charges related to document forgery.
The arraignment, initially set for Wednesday, was postponed due to the high volume of cases before Justice Inyang Ekwo.
Abdulhameed will face charges alongside Babangida Abdullahi in a 10-count charge filed on November 28, 2023, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/555/2023.
According to the charge signed by CSP Celestine Odo, Legal/Prosecution Section of the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abdulhameed and others at large are accused of conspiring to commit forgery around October 23, 2023.
The second count alleges a similar conspiracy offence on the same date. These offences are in violation of Section 3(6) and punishable under Section 1(2)(c) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Cap. M17, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2010.
Former President Muhammadu Buhari dismissed Abdulhameed on December 1, 2022, over corruption allegations related to agricultural loans.
NIRSAL, a $500 million non-bank financial institution, was established by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to manage agribusiness-related credit risks in Nigeria.
Daily Nigerian