The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday 25 April, 2017 arraigned a senior member of the bar, one Ahmed Mai Aji before Justice F. Umar of the State High Court Maiduguri on a 3-count charge bordering on fraudulent sale of a plot of land situated at Pompamari Commercial Light Industrial Layout, Maiduguri, Borno State.

The accused person was allegedly entrusted with the title document to the property for the purpose of intervening in a land dispute between the complainant and another party, but breached the trust of the complainant by selling the property.

Ruling on whether the EFCC have jurisdiction to file criminal charge against the accused person, Justice Umar stated that the Commission can initiate criminal proceedings against the accused person and ordered that the charge be read for him to take his plea.

Count three of the charge reads:

“That you, Ahmed Mai Aji sometime in 2016 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly induced one Baba Yusuf Bukar to deliver to you the sum of N3,000,000.00(three million naira only), as payment for a plot of land situated at Pompamari Light Industrial Layout, Maiduguri, Borno State, covered by grant of Right of Occupancy N0:BO/6057 of 79.1981, which was kept in your custody for the purpose of discharging your responsibility without any right to sell same, contrary to and punishable under sections 320 and 321 of Penal Code Law Cap 102, Laws of the Borno State of Nigeria 1994 respectively”.

The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him.

Justice Umar adjourned the matter to 4th May, 2017 for ruling on the bail application.

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25 April, 2017