The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the six persons accused of plotting to overthrow the Federal Government be put on remand at the detention facility of the Department of the State Service DSS.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik issued the order on Wednesday following a request to that effect by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice AGF, Prince Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi SAN who led the federal government lawyers in the trial.
The federal government accused the defendants of treason, terrorism financing and failure to disclose security intelligence and money laundering linked to terrorism financing
Apart from treason, the Federal Government is prosecuting the defendants for terrorism-related offences under the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, 2022.
COUNT 1; That you, …MAJOR GENERAL MOHAMMED IBRAHIM GANA -(RTD), CAPTAIN (NN) ERASMUS OCHEGOBIA VICTOR -(RTD), INSPECTOR AHMED IBRAHIM(AP776373), ZEKERI UMORU, BUKAR KASHIM GONI, ABDULKADIR SANI, TIMPRE SYLVA (still at large) and others, sometime in the year 2025, in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, conspired with one another to levy war against the state to overawe the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 37(2) of the Criminal Code Cap C38 LFN 2004.
Count 2 .. That you, MAJOR GENERAL MOHAMMED IBRAHIM GANA -(RTD), A TAIN (NN) ERASMUS OCHEGOBIA VICTOR -(RTD), INSPECTOR ED IBRAHIM(AP776373), ZEKERI UMORU, BUKAR KASHIM NI, ABDULKADIR SANI, TIMPRE SYLVA(still at large) and hers, sometime in the year 2025, in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this onourable Court, knowing that COLONEL MOHAMMED ALHASSAN MA’AJT (N/10668) and others intended to commit treason, did not give the information thereof with all reasonable despatch to etther the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, or a Peace Officer and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 40(b) of the Cnminal Code Cap C38 LFN 2004.
COUNT 3…That you, MAJOR GENERAL MOHAMMED IBRAHIM GANA -(RTD), CAPTAIN (NN) ERASMUS OCHEGOBIA VICTOR -(RTD), INSPECTOR AHMED IBRAHIM(AP776373), ZEKERI UMORU, BUKAR KASHIM GONI, ABDULKADIR SANI, TIMPRE SYLVA(still at large) and others, sometime in the year 2025, in Abuja within the jurisdiction of thrs Honorable Court, knowing that COLONEL MOHAMMED ALHASSAN MA’‘AIJI (N/10668), and others intended to commit treason, did not use any reasonable endeavours to prevent the commission of the offence and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 40(b) of the Criminal Code Cap C 38 (LFN) 2004.
COUNT 10…That you, BUKAR KASHIM GONI, in September,2025, inx Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, indirectly retained the aggregate sum of N50,000,000.00( Fifty Million Naira) only in your First Bank Account Number 3021511166 from A & A Express Link Concept, which sum you reasonably ought to have known forms part of the proceeds of an unlawful act to wit: terrorism financing, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18(2)\d) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act,2022 and punishable under Section 18 (3) of the same Act.
COUNT 11….That you, ZEKERI UMORU, in September,2025, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, without going through a financial institution accepted a cash payment of the sum of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) only from Colonel Mohammed Alhassan Maa‘aji and thereby committed an offence contrary to Sections 2(1)(a) and 19(1)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act,2022 and punishable under Section 19(2)(b) of the same Act.
COUNT 12….That you, ZEKERI UMORU, in September,2025, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, indirectly retained the aggregate sum of N8,800,000.00(Eight Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira) only in your Zenith Bank Plc Account Number 2006041878, which sum you reasonably ought to have known forms part of the proceeds of an unlawful act to wit: terrorism financing, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18(2)(d) of the Money Laundenng (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 and punishable under Section 18 (3) of the same Act.
COUNT 13…That you, INSPECTOR AHMED IBRAHIM, in September,2025, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, directly took possession of the sum of N1,000,000.00(One Million Naira) only from COLONEL MOHAMMED ALHASSAN MA’AJI (N/ 10668), which sum you reasonably ought to have known forms part of the proceeds of an unlawful act to wit: wagging war against the state and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 ) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act,2022 punishable under Section 18 (3) of the same Act.
(@PR NIGERIA)
