EFCC Detains Nigeria’s NAHCON Finance Commissioner, Director Over Alleged N50Billion Fraud In 2025 Hajj Exercise
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the Commissioner of Policy, Personnel, and Finance (PPMF) at the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Aliu Abdulrazak, over alleged fraud.
Reliable sources within the anti-graft agency confirmed to SaharaReporters that Abdulrazak was detained alongside NAHCON’s Director of Finance and Accounts (DFA), Aminu Y. Muhammed.
Both officials reportedly honoured an invitation to the EFCC headquarters around 11 a.m. on Monday. As of late Monday night, they remained in the custody of the anti-corruption agency.
The development comes on the heels of mounting allegations of mismanagement in the conduct of the 2025 Hajj, which the Forum of Chief Executives of State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards/Agencies/Commissions recently described as “a total failure” under NAHCON Chairman, Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman (popularly known as Professor Pakistan).
In a review meeting with the commission in Abuja last week, the forum raised 16 issues, with seven directly linked to corruption and financial infractions, now being probed by the EFCC.