Crime & Court

Maiduguri: Man bags three years for Keke NAPEP investment scam

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, on Thursday secured the conviction and sentencing of one Adamu Abdullahi to three years imprisonment before Justice Musa Mustapha of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a one-count charge of criminal breach of trust.

Upon arraignment on June 14, 2022, the defendant pleaded not guilty and the case went into the trial with the prosecution calling two witnesses and tendering several documents in evidence.

Justice Mustapha in his Judgment convicted and sentenced Abdullahi to three years imprisonment or a fine of N30,000. The Judge further ordered the convict to pay the sum of N2,440,000.00 (Two Million Four Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira) in restitution to his victim or go to jail for further five years.

Also, the Maiduguri Zonal Command arraigned the trio of Shamsuddeen Abubakar, Usman Warima Duna, and Isma’il Abdullahi before Justice Fatimatu Adamu Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Damaturu on a two-count charge of obtaining money by pretense and currency counterfeiting involving 18 pieces of old N1000 (Eighteen pieces of old one thousand naira) notes.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.

Counsel for the prosecution, Mukhtar Ali Ahmed asked for a trial date and the remand of the defendants.

Justice Aliyu ordered the remand of the defendants in prison custody and adjourned till July 19, 2023.

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