…As the anti-graft agency closes in on GCEO of NNPCL
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has declared Abdullahi Bashir Haske son-in-law of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar wanted for alleged criminal conspiracy and money laundering.
It was gathered that Haske, who has been under the EFCC’s scrutiny and searchlight over a whopping $21 million belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), was reportedly traced to his account.
Haske, who is also a known business associate of Mr Bayo Ojulari, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the NNPC Ltd, was believed to had told the EFCC during preliminary investigations, that the money belonged to his friend, Ojulari.
The EFCC in a statement on Thursday, August 21, 2025, by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale urged members of the public to assist in providing any information that could lead to the arrest of Haske.
The anti-graft agency said that Haske, 38, was last traced to No. 6 Mosley Road, Ikoyi, and 952/953 Idejo Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The statement stated; “The public is hereby notified that Abdullahi Bashir Haske, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the EFCC in an alleged case of criminal conspiracy and money laundering”.
It further appealed to the public to reach out to any of its offices nationwide, including those in Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt, and Abuja with useful information.
The EFCC said that information could also be shared via its dedicated telephone line and email address.
Checks by Forefront News indicated that the EFCC needs the full disclosure by Haske with regards to the $21 million that was found in his account without accompanying documents of transactions to explain how such a humongous amount of money got to his account from the NNPC Ltd without any work done.
The development, it was further gathered has sent jitters into the spine of NNPC Ltd GCEO, Mr Ojulari, who is also under close watch of the EFCC and other security agencies on how he allegedly transferred the $21 million in question to the account of his friend and known business partner without proper transaction procedure and laid down financial rules and regulations.
The embattled GCEO of the NNPC, it was gathered is seriously troubled and has been moving from pillar to post to get powerful and influential people in government to assist him work out a resolution of the dicey situation he has found himself.
