Justice Maryam Muhammad Sifawa of the Sokoto High Court, Sokoto on Wednesday March 8, 2023 convicted and sentenced one Abdullahi Mus'af to 2 years imprisonment on a one count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust to the tune of N800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand Naira) preferred against him by the Sokoto Zonal Command of the EFCC.

The defendant converted to personal use, the said sum which was given to him by the complainant to purchase a car.

The charge reads, "That you, Abdullahi Mus'af sometime between the month of December 2021 and January 2022, in Sokoto within the Judicial Division of the High Court of Sokoto State being entrusted with property to wit: the total sum of Eight Hundred Thousand Naira belonging to one Aliyu Mohammed for the purpose of purchasing for him a car (Hijet Mini Truck) but you later dishonestly converted the said sum to your personal use, in violation of the mode in which the trust was to be discharged and you thereby committed the offence of Criminal Breach of Trust contrary to Section 300 of the Sokoto State Penal Code Law 2019 and punishable under Section 301 of the same Law".

The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge. Consequently, EFCC counsel Habila Jonathan urged the Court to convict and sentence the defendant accordingly.

Justice Sifawa convicted and sentenced Mus'af to 2 years imprisonment and ordered the restitution of the amount to the victim through the EFCC

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08/03/2023