August 20, (THEWILL) — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained two senior officials of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria over allegations of financial misconduct in the 2025 Hajj operations.
Those held are the Commissioner of Policy, Personnel and Finance, Aliu Abdulrazak, and the Director of Finance and Accounts, Aminu Y. Muhammed.
Both men reportedly honoured an EFCC invitation on Monday morning but were still being held late into the night, according to reliable sources.
Their detention follows mounting allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the 2025 Hajj exercise, which stakeholders have described as a “total failure” under the leadership of NAHCON chairman, Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman, popularly known as Pakistan.
Investigations are probing alleged diversions and mismanagement of more than N50 billion, including N25 billion reportedly spent on Masha’ir tents, N1.6 billion on expenses for spouses, and N7.9 billion on contingency houses in Makkah.
The EFCC is also scrutinising alleged fund diversions dating back to the tenure of former NAHCON chairman, Ahmad Jalal Arabi, with several other senior officials already interrogated in recent weeks
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