The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged Mustapha Mohammed, the CEO of MB Lugga Global Travels & Tours Limited, with three counts of intent to defraud and gain N144 million under false pretences.
Mohammed was charged Monday before Federal High Court Judge T.G. Ringim in Gombe for allegedly obtaining N144 million from Hamza Maina and Ibrahim Arabia while pretending to help them with their 2024 Ramadan Lesser Hajj trip to Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed and an accomplice, Nazifi Idris, who is currently at large, allegedly stole N97,080,000 from Maina to pay for airfare, visas, and lodging for the religious event, according to the EFCC.

The offence violates the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006, Section 1(1)(a).
In another count, Mohammed was charged with violating Section 1(2)(a) of the same Act by allegedly obtaining N29,082,500 fraudulently from Arabia for the same purpose.
Prosecutor S.H. Sa’ad urged the court to confine the defendant to the Gombe State Correctional Facility and set a trial date during proceedings.
The prosecution, however, resisted the bail request made by defence attorney M.Z. Gambo.
Judge Ringim ordered the defendant to be imprisoned at the Gombe State Correctional Facility and postponed the case until he could rule on the bail application.
Sa’ad opposed the bail request, saying, “My Lord, the defendant still has about eight other pending petitions filed by different complainants, alleging he defrauded them of an aggregate sum of N120,869,500. He might flee Nigeria and elude trial if he is given bail.”
The case was postponed for a future hearing.