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Court postpones arraignment of ex-NHIS boss to February 3

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Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Kuchiako, Kuje, has rescheduled the arraignment of Professor Usman Yusuf, the former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), to February 3.

Yusuf was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, January 29, 2024, and was brought before the court for arraignment on Thursday on allegations of fraud.

However, the arraignment was postponed to allow for amendments to the charges.

ALSO READ: EFCC arrests former NHIS boss, Usman Yusuf 

Though defence counsel, Isah Dokto Haruna, who held brief for the lead defence counsel, O.I. Habeeb, SAN made an application for bail, it was turned down by the court on account of the defendant’s deferred arraignment.

Justice Nwecheonwu adjourned the matter till February 3, 2025, for arraignment and ruled that the defendant be remanded in the custody of the Commission.

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