The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 16, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Bulama Modu before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on one count charge of cheating and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N600, 000.00.

The charge reads: "That you, Bulama Modu, sometime in 2018, at Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did dishonestly misappropriated the gross sum of Six Hundred Thousand Naira(N600,000.00) only being the value for a plot of land situated at Muna Village of Jere Local Government Area of Borno State belonging to Alhaji Ibrahim Jibril who entrusted you to take care of the said plot of land for him and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 308 of the Penal Code Cap. 102 Laws of Borno State of Nigeria and punishable under section 309 of the same law.”

The defendant pleaded ‘guilty’ to the charge preferred against him, by the EFCC.

Upon his plea, prosecution counsel, Muktar Ali Ahmed, prayed the court to convict him accordingly, while counsel for the defendant, M. Bukar pleaded for leniency.

Justice Kumaliya thereafter pronounced Modu guilty as charged and sentenced him to one year imprisonment with an option of N150, 000.00 fine.

 
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16 June, 2022