Special Investigators Release Names Of Those Who Forged Buhari’s Signature

Special investigators trying to unravel those behind the forgery of former president, Muhammadu Buhari’s signature has released names of those allegedly behind the act..

A letter to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), signed by DCP Eloho Okpoziakpo, Head of Operations, Office of the Special Investigator, named the suspects as Mr. Odoh Eric Ocheme, a CBN employee, Adamu Abubakar and Imam Abubakar, all now currently on the run..

They are suspected to have forged documents bearing the name of former President Muhammadu Buhari to steal approximately US$6,230,000 from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Already the names of the three given by the special Investigators are with the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for placement on Interpol Red Notice.

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The letter read: “The Special Investigators, appointed by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to investigate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Related Entities, and other Key Government Business Entities kindly requests you to place the above-named individuals on INTERPOL RED NOTICE.

“In the course of the Special Investigator’s assignment, Mr. Odoh Eric Ocheme, (a staff of the CBN) now at large and the other two accomplices, also now at large, were discovered to have conspired and forged documents in the name of the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria with which they stole about US$6,230,000 (Six Million, Two Hundred and Thirty Thousand Dollars, in cash, from the coffers of the CBN.

“Consequent upon the above, a charge was filed and warrants of arrest have been issued by the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Abuja Division presided over by Hon. Justice ILE. Ekwo in Charge No. FHC/ABJ/CR/19/2024 B/w: Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Adamu Abubakar & 2 Ors for the arrest and production of the Defendants named above for their arraignment.

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“The data page of Odoh Eric Ocheme’s Nigerian International Passport No. B50082800, duly certified true copies of the warrants and the Order of the Court to that effect are hereby attached.”

The charge reads in part: “That Adamu Abubakar (now at large), Imam Abubakar (now at large), Odoh Eric Ocheme (now at large), Bashirudeen Maishanu and others also now at large, on or about the 23rd day of January, 2023, at the Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja Branch, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court, by false pretence that one man who held out himself as Jibril Abubakar is a Staff from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and had approval of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to source money from the Central Bank of Nigeria for foreign Election Observers, and with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of six million, two hundred and thirty thousand United States Dollars ($ 6,230,000.00) from the Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja Branch and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1)[a] and punishable under Section 1(3) & Section 10 of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, Cap. A6 laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2010.”

The Eagle has earlier reported that former secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha had testified before the court concerning the matter.

Mustapha, alleged that both his signature and that of former President Muhammadu Buhari, were forged by those that withdrew $6,230,000 from the CBN on February 8, 2023.