The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 25, 2022 arraigned the duo of Malam Jibrin Adam and Maina Adam before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a two count charge of conspiracy and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N570, 000.00 (Five Hundred and Seventy Thousand Naira).

Count two of the charge reads, “That you, Malam Jibrin Adam, Maina Adam and one Musa Umar Musa (now at large) sometime in 2018 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud induced on Mohammed Umar Bolori to deliver to you the sum of N570,000.00 (Five Hundred and Seventy Thousand Naira) only under the pretence that the said sum represents a purchase price for a purported sale of a plot of land situate and located behind CBN Quarters along Dambua Road, Maiduguri Borno State which you have no authority to sell and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under sections 1(1) (b) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2016. ”

The defendants pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges preferred against them by the EFCC.

In view of his plea, the prosecuting counsel, Haruna Abdulkadir, asked the court to remand the defendant and fix a date for trial to commence.

Justice Fadawu adjourned till August 11, 2022 for commencement of trial and remanded the defendants in prison custody.

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25 July, 2022