The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a former councillor in Kaduna South Local Government Area, Theophilus Madami, over an alleged N16.08 million fraud case.
Key Highlights:
- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission re-arraigned former councillor Theophilus Madami over an alleged ₦16.08 million fraud.
- He allegedly obtained pasta supplies by falsely claiming they were requested by Kaduna South LGA.
- Madami pleaded not guilty to the charge.
- The court adjourned the case to July 22 for a ruling on his bail application.
- He was remanded in custody pending the court’s decision.
Madami was brought before Justice A. Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court on Monday, June 22, 2026, on a one-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, criminal breach of trust, and criminal misappropriation.
According to the EFCC, the defendant allegedly obtained 4,020 units of pasta products valued at N16,080,000 from Ibrahim Ringim Haruna, a representative of Pyramid Supplies and Services Limited, under the claim that the goods were requested by Kaduna South Local Government Area.
The anti-graft agency alleged that the claim was false and that Madami acted with the intention to defraud, an offence punishable under the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
Madami pleaded not guilty to the charge. Following his plea, EFCC counsel Y.J. Matiyak urged the court to remand him at the Kaduna Correctional Centre pending trial.
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However, his defence counsel, B.E. Gwadah, made an oral application for bail, which was opposed by the prosecution.
Justice Isiaka adjourned the matter until July 22, 2026, for ruling on the bail application and ordered that Madami remain in custody pending the court’s decision.
The defendant was initially arraigned in 2019 over the alleged offence. The EFCC had previously recovered N5 million from the proceeds of the alleged crime and returned it to the victim, Pyramid Supplies and Services Limited.
