Two suspected fraudsters were arraigned on Monday, June 26, 2023, before Justice Aisha of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The dou, Gana Aisami, and Sadiq Bulama Maina were arraigned by the EFCC on separate charges bordering on criminal breach of trust and misappropriation.
Aisami was charged with two counts of criminal breach of trust totaling N1,450,000.00 (One Million, Four hundred, and Fifty Thousand Naira).
The charge reads: “That you, Rawa Gana Aisami, sometime in 2015 at Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly induced Goni Adam Mu’azu to deliver to you the sum of N1,450,000.00 (One Million, Four Hundred, and Fifty Thousand Naira) only, as payment for the purchase of a farmland at Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, and thereby committed an offense contrary to section 320 (a) of the Borno State Penal Code Law Cap. 102 and punishable under section 322 of the same Law.”
The defendant pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charge.
Similarly, Sadiq Bulama Maina was charged with criminal misappropriation on a single count in the sum of N1,575,303.00 (One Million, Five Hundred, Seventy-Five, Three Hundred, and Three Naira).
The charge reads: “That you, Sadiq Bulama Maina, on or about May 3, 2020, in Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly misappropriated the aggregate sum of N1,575,303.00 (one million, five hundred and Seventy-five thousand, three hundred and three naira) belonging to Alhaji Atom Dala for the supply of food items, which you converted to your personal use without his consent, thereby committed an offense contrary to Section 308 and punishable under Section 309 of the Penal Code Law of Borno State Cap. 102 Vol.3 of 1994, respectively.
The defendant pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charge against him by the EFCC.
S.O. Saka, counsel to the EFCC, requested that the accused be remanded in prison and that trial dates be set.
Justice Kumaliya remanded the defendants and adjourned the case until July 27, 2023, for the start of the trial.
