The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has compassionately ordered the withdrawal of charges preferred against Maryam Isah Shehu and Abubakar Shuraim Abdulhamad, who were, on Thursday August 20, 2026 arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja , for alleged cybercrime and peddling malicious information against the Commission.
While the Commission considered the arraignment of the two defendants for cyber
stalking to be contrary to Section 24(2)(c) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition,
Prevention, Etc) Act, 2015 (As Amended) 2024 and punishable under Section 24(2)(c)(ii) of the same Act, the Executive Chairman, nonetheless, considered the passionate pleas and apologies of Shehu’s
father and appeals of well-meaning Nigerians for leniency.
To this end, he has directed that charges filed against the two young Nigerians
be dropped and warned that the EFCC would no longer tolerate any wilful attack
on its image in any form, medium, or platform.
The EFCC’s boss assured Nigerians that the Commission would continue to
function in line with its assigned mandate and in the best interests of the
nation.
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