The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, arraigned one Abdullahi Aminu before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri over an alleged fraud involving N4.3 million.
A statement issued by EFCC said the defendant was brought before the court on a one-count charge of criminal misappropriation involving the sum of N4,305,000.00 (Four Million, Three Hundred and Five Thousand Naira).
The charge reads: “That you, Abdullahi Aminu sometimes in 2025 at Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court dishonestly convert to your own use the aggregate sum of N4,305,000.00 (Four Million, Three Hundred and Five Thousand Naira), monies belonging to Jibrin Abdulrahman purportedly as payment for the supply of rice, thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 296 and punishable under Section 297 of the Borno State Penal Code Law and Other Matters Connected Therewith Law, 2023.”
The defendant, however, pleaded “not guilty” to the charge when it was read to him.
Following his plea, prosecution counsel A.D. Abdulmalik asked the court for a trial date and also urged that the defendant be remanded in a correctional facility.
Justice Kumaliya thereafter adjourned the case until April 21, 2026, for commencement of trial and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Maiduguri Maximum Correctional facility.
According to EFCC, the suspect was arrested after he allegedly diverted the sum of N4,305,000.00 meant for the supply of rice for personal use.
