The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, arraigned Musa Saidu Koki (a.k.a Alhaji Baffa) before Justice F. E. Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Jabi, Abuja, for fraud.
The defendant, who is the former managing director of Buffah S. K. & Co Limited, was arraigned on a five-count charge, bordering on advance fee fraud and obtaining under false pretence, to the tune of N108,068,500.00 (One Hundred and Eight Million, Sixty-Eight Thousand, Five Hundred Naira).
Count one of the charges reads: “That you, Musa Saidu Koki (a.k.a Alahaji Baffa) being the Managing Director of Buffah S.K. & CO Limited and Buffah S.K. & Co Limited, on or about the 15th of August 2024, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud did obtain the sum of N7,000,000 (Seven Million Naira) from Justice Enenche as agency fee: before commencing work on the land, having entered into joint venture partnership with him, under the false pretence that you were the beneficial owner of the land, situated at Plot 526 Cadastral Zone CO4, Guzape, Abuja, a representation which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act.”
Count four reads: “That you, Musa Saidu Koki (a.k.a Alahaji Boffa) being the Managing Director of Buffah S.K. & CO Limited and Buffah S.K. & Co Limited, sometime between December 2024, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did with intent to defraud Voice Real Estate Limited, induced the company into a Joint Venture Partnership Agreement, to develop the purported land Plot 526, Cadastral Zone CO4 Guzape, Abuja, assigned for residential development, causing him to loose the sum of N97,568,500 and under the pretence that the same land was free from any encumbrances, which you knew the beneficial owner of the said land was Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1) (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act.”
He pleaded “not guilty,” following which prosecution counsel, F. O. Dibang, asked the court for a trial date and for the court to remand the defendant in Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, while the defence counsel, T. Tonye, urged the court to allow the defendant to continue to have his freedom on the terms of the existing EFCC’s administrative bail.
Though the bail application met opposition from the prosecution counsel, the judge ordered that the defendant remain on administrative bail and directed him to submit copies of his National Identification Number, NIN slip and Bank Verification Number, BVN, to the court registrar.
He adjourned the matter till July 29 for continuation of the trial.
