Professor Ibrahim was also arraigned alongside the school Bursar Mr. Shehu Usman. This arraignment followed months of a discreet investigation triggered by a petition accusing the duo of diverting monies from different accounts which were meant for the renovation of the Kongo Conference Hotel into their private accounts.
Professor Ibrahim Garba was the 14th Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a Professor of Geology. He was once the Vice-Chancellor of the Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil. Garba obtained a Diploma in Mineral Studies at the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London, in 1992 and later earned a Ph.D. (Geology) in 1993 at the University of London.