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Prof Usman Yusuf
The former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS Professor Usman Yusuf, has been remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre until 12 February for a bail application hearing.
This order by the Court comes after he pleaded not guilty on a five-count amended charge bordering on alleged fraud during his arraignment.
Yusuf, who served as NHIS Executive Secretary between 2016 and 2017, was accused of using his office to confer undue advantages upon himself and awarding contracts without adhering to due procurement process.
Oluseun Habeeb, Counsel to the ex-NHIS boss, had attempted to prevent his client’s remand at Kuje by requesting he be moved to EFCC custody. But the judge, Chinyere Nwecheonwu, ruled that “once the defendant has been arraigned, he ceases to be in the custody of the EFCC.”
She subsequently ordered that Yusuf be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja until the hearing of his bail application scheduled for 12 February. (AriseNews TV)
