The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Sokoto state has charged three medical workers to court for N3.3 million fraud.
According to the EFCC, the accused who are top members of the Sokoto Medial Workers and Health Union are accused of obtaining the said amount by false pretence.
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The medical workers who stand accused include; the former chairman of the Shagari branch of the Union, Ibrahim Dan Dede, his secretary, Suleiman Ibrahim, and treasurer, Habibu Musa.
The charge sheet read;
“That you Ibrahim Dan-Dede while being the Chairman, Suleiman Ibrahim while being the Secretary and Habibu Musa while being Treasurer of Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, Shagari Local Government Area branch of Sokoto State, sometime in August, 2015 in Sokoto, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud, did obtain 20 units of new Daylong G125, motorcycles, which each cost the sum of N165,000.00 (One Hundred And Sixty Five Thousand Naira), totalling the sum of N3,300,000.00 (Three Million Three Hundred Naira, Only) from one Babangida Garba (a motorcycle dealer), when you falsely represented yourself to him the motorcycles were for the members of your union as loan, a pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges and the Judge, Justice Bargaja ruled that the defendants be remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service till July 15.