Former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin, along with two other officers, faces an arrest order issued by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja. This development stems from a money laundering charge totaling N1.5 billion brought against them by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

The trio, including Usman Jibrin Oyibe, Adam Imam Yusuf, and Brigadier General Ishaya Gangum Bauka, have been accused of fraudulent activities related to the alleged diversion of funds from their respective military and paramilitary institutions into companies in which they purportedly held stakes.

The ICPC, represented by counsel Osuobeni Ekoi Akponimisingha, sought the Arrest warrant through a motion exparte marked FHC/ABJ/CR/158/2023. The motion detailed the failure of the defendants to appear for possible arraignment despite being granted administrative bail on self-recognition due to their public statuses.

The motion requested a bench warrant against the defendants to facilitate their arrest and subsequent arraignment and trial. The defendants, listed as the first to third respondents, are also implicated in a 17-count charge alongside Lahab Integrated & Multi Services Limited, Gate Coast Properties International Limited, and Ummays Hummayd Energy Ltd.