Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto, Sokoto State, has admitted four exhibits placed before the court, against five auto dealers standing trial for their non- compliance with the requirements of the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML.

The five auto dealers: Shehu Ahmad; Shehu Mariga; Aliyu Dauda, Tukur Shehu and Umaru Yabo and their companies were arraigned by the Sokoto Zonal Command of the EFCC, on March 16, 2022 on one- count charge bordering on contravention of provisions of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) in 2012.

They all pleaded guilty to the one- count charge when it was read to them.

At the resumed hearing of the matter on Wednesday, March 30, EFCC counsel, S.H Sa'ad and Prosecution Witness 1, PW1, Chief Superintendent of the EFCC, CSE Ahmadu Bello
reviewed facts of each of the cases of the dealers. Sa'ad prayed the court to admit letters of notifications, observation of non- compliance, assessment reports and statements of the defendants made to the EFCC, as exhibits. All the four documents were admitted as exhibits by the court.

Justice Omotosho, thereafter adjourned the matter till May 11, 2022.

The auto dealers and their companies: Ijabah Motors, Jangwarzo General Motors, KGN Gumbi Motors, Daraja Motors 2, and Gamji Motors, ran into trouble, when SCUML charged them for failing to submit declarations of their activities, in line with requirements of customer identification and submission of returns on transactions to it.

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31 March, 2021