The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Abdullahi Bashir Haske, businessman and son-in-law of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, wanted for alleged criminal conspiracy and money laundering.
The EFCC made the declaration in a notice issued by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
The anti-graft agency urged members of the public to provide any information that could lead to Haske’s arrest.
“The public is hereby notified that Abdullahi Bashir Haske, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the EFCC in an alleged case of criminal conspiracy and money laundering,” the commission announced.
The EFCC said that Haske, 38, was last traced to No. 6 Mosley Road, Ikoyi, and 952/953 Idejo Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The commission appealed to the public to reach out to any of its offices nationwide, including those in Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt, and Abuja with useful information.
It stated that information could also be shared via the EFCC’s dedicated telephone line and email address.
Recall that Haske came under the anti-graft Commission’s searchlight and investigation when a whopping $21 million was reportedly traced to his account.
He was said, in sundry media reports, to have told the EFCC during preliminary investigations, that the money belonged to the Group Chief Executive Officer, GCEO, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Engineer Bashir Bayo Ojulari.
Declaring Haske wanted just now, analysts say could mean that Haske has suddenly rendered himself incommunicado. If not, it may be that given the connection with Ojulari and the magnitude of the money involved, the anti-graft agency has decided to characteristically deployed high drama in its moves to take Haske in so he could open the Pandora’s box unrestrained.
