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EFCC Arraigns Maryam Shehu, Abubakar Shuraim Abdulhamad for Alleged False Information

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Maryam Isah Shehu and Abubakar Shuraim Abdulhamad before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja for alleged cybercrime and peddling malicious information against the Commission. While Shehu was arraigned on Thursday, August 20, 2026, on amended one-count charge, bordering on cybercrime and wilful character assassination of the Commission via her Instagram handle. Abdulhamad was arraigned on one-count charge bordering on cybercrime and criminal fabrication of the identity of the EFCC. The charge Shehu reads: “T…