A former Director of Nigerian Navy Accounts, Rear Admiral Tahir Yusuf (retd.), on the wanted list of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has ordered an assault on some women in Hanwa, Zaria, Kaduna State.
SaharaReporters gathered that Yusuf last weekend told vigilante members and suspected thugs guarding him to assault and shoot the women.
This followed the withdrawal of military guards attached to the fugitive.
He had used the military officers to assault a man (name withheld) thinking he was a staff member of SaharaReporters.
“Since the military backed down in supporting him to carry out his criminal acts. He now uses vigilantes and thugs. He has been going about threatening to kill perceived enemies.
“He recently ordered the shooting of some women in Hanwa, Zaria, Kaduna State. He assaulted the women and ordered his local thugs to shoot them. You can see him in pictures and in that video asking the vigilante members to shoot the women
“And he got involved in a physical fight with them. He initially assaulted one of the ladies, then they gathered to protect her. He referred to the lady as his enemy.”
SaharaReporters had reported that the EFCC accused Yusuf of stealing N2billion belonging to the Nigerian government while serving as Director of Nigerian Navy Accounts.
In 2020, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja also ordered the permanent forfeiture of about N500 million found to be fraudulently amassed by the military officer to the Nigerian government.
The total amount forfeited was N392,695,857.87, including $91,955.38 and the sum of £15,050 held in domiciliary accounts.
Yusuf, previously second-in-command to the Chief of Account and Budget, Naval Headquarters (NHQ), held the cash in seven accounts- both private and corporate in two banks.
The seven accounts were operated under the name of a company, Bitmas Enterprise, in Zenith Bank while two were held in Yusuf’s name in the defunct Skye Bank, now Polaris Bank.
Following the forfeiture, SaharaReporters gathered that Yusuf fled Nigeria to Dubai, United Arab Emirate.
The EFCC and National Intelligence Agency also asked the Nigeria Immigration Service and Interpol to place him on a watch list and have him arrested at the point of entry or exit.
He had sneaked into Nigeria in October 2021 after he illegally obtained an international passport with the help of some corrupt government officials through Niger Republic.
