Justice Musa Mustapha of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri has convicted and sentenced one Adamu Abdullahi to three years in prison for fraud.
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) had arraigned the convict on a one-count charge of criminal breach of trust.
Upon arraignment on June 14, 2022, the defendant had pleaded not guilty and the case went into trial with the prosecution calling two witnesses and tendering several documents in evidence.
In a judgement on Thursday, June 8, Justice Mustapha 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 N2.44 million in restitution to his victim or go to jail for further five years.
In a related development, the Maiduguri Zonal Command on Thursday 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 false pretense and currency counterfeiting involving 18 pieces of old N1000 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.