Men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have nabbed a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf
His arrest was consequent upon a raid of his Abuja home.
It was gathered that the anti-graft agency arrested the professor of haematology-oncology and bone marrow transplantation in his house in the presence of his wife and children about 4:46pm on Wednesday for a allegedly inflating ICT budget from N4.975b to N8.7b and awarding contracts to family members.
Yusuf was reportedly driven to an unknown location after he was picked up by the operatives.
Yusuf was relieved of his appointment in 2019 by the former President Muhammadu Buhari seven months after he was recommended for dismissal by a fact-finding panel set up by the Federal Ministry of Health forr alleged mismanagement of N919m.
When contacted, the spokesperson of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, said he would find out about the development and get back, but he had yet to get back as of the time of this report.
