The charge, prepared by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and signed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), accuses the defendants of offences including treason, terrorism, failure to disclose security intelligence, and money laundering linked to terrorism funding.
The core allegation claims that the defendants conspired in 2025 to destabilise the Nigerian state.
It is alleged that they “conspired with one another to levy war against the state to overawe the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” an offence under Section 37(2) of the Criminal Code.
The prosecution also claims that they had prior knowledge of a planned treasonable act involving Colonel Mohammed Alhassan Ma’aji and others, but failed to inform the authorities.
The charges state they “knew that and failed to disclose the information swiftly to the President or a Peace Officer,” despite knowing of their intent to commit treason.
Additionally, the defendants are accused of failing to implement preventive measures, as they “did not use reasonable efforts to prevent the commission of the offences.”
Beyond treason, they face terrorism-related charges under the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
They are accused of conspiring to commit acts of terrorism within Nigeria.
Inspector Ahmed Ibrahim and Zekeri Umoru are specifically charged with attending meetings related to terrorist activities.
Prosecutors assert that they acted “to promote a political ideology that could severely destabilise Nigeria’s constitutional order.”
The defendants are also accused of supporting terrorism, “knowingly and indirectly,” facilitating terrorist acts.
Furthermore, the prosecution claims they deliberately withheld intelligence—information that could have helped prevent terrorism—failing to disclose it promptly.
The case also involves financial transactions believed to be linked to terrorism funding, with several defendants accused of handling proceeds from illegal activities.
Bukar Kashim Goni is alleged to have “indirectly retained N50,000,000, part of the proceeds of terrorism,” while Abdulkadir Sani allegedly kept N2 million from similar sources.
Zekeri Umoru supposedly accepted a cash payment of N10 million without using a financial institution and kept an additional N8.8 million, suspected of being terrorism proceeds.
Inspector Ahmed Ibrahim is also accused of possessing N1 million related to the same scheme.
All financial counts are under the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
