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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Mustapha Abdullahi, over alleged money laundering and fraud involving funds reportedly estimated at more than ₦500 billion. Abdullahi was arrested in Abuja and is currently being held in EFCC custody as investigations continue. 
According to sources within the anti-graft agency, investigators are examining financial transactions linked to the Energy Commission under Abdullahi’s leadership. An EFCC source quoted in reports alleged that the case involves suspected large-scale diversion and laundering of public funds, though the commission has yet to officially release full details of the allegations. 
Efforts to obtain official confirmation from EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale were reportedly unsuccessful at the time the story was published. Abdullahi was appointed Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Commission of Nigeria by President Bola Tinubu in October 2023 after previously working with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. 
The development adds to a growing list of high-profile anti-corruption investigations and prosecutions involving former and serving public officials in Nigeria. It also comes on the same day a Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to 75 years imprisonment over a separate ₦33.8 billion fraud case prosecuted by the EFCC. 
