The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned Aisha Wakil, better
known as Mama Boko Haram, over an alleged N42 million fraud.
The arraignment
comes a month after she was remanded over an alleged N111 million fraud.
The commission’s
zonal office in Maiduguri, Borno state, arraigned Wakil alongside Saidu Daura,
Lawal Shoyade and Adamu Sani before Jude Dagat, a judge of the federal high
court, Maiduguri.
They were arraigned
on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining N42 million by
false pretence .
The count two reads:
“That you, Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Alhaji Saidu Daura, Prince Lawal Shoyade
whilst being chief executive officer, programme manager and country director
respectively of Complete Care and Aid Foundation (non-governmental
organisation) and Sani Mallam Adamu of Sani Smart Global Ventures sometime
between 23rd October, 2018 and 5th November, 2018 in Maiduguri, Borno State,
within the Jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud, induced
one Bukar Kachallah of Abks Ventures Nig. Ltd to deliver to you N42,000,000.00
(Forty-two Million Naira)only under the false pretence of executing a contract
for supply of beans which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence
contrary to Section 1(1)(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related
offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”
Wakil pleaded not
guilty to the charges.
Abubakar Umar
Ringim, the prosecution counsel, however prayed the court for a trial date and
to remand the defendants in the Nigerian Correctional Service pending trial.
Dagat adjourned the
matter to February 27 for hearing of the bail applications and ordered that
Wakil and others be remanded in the custody of Nigerian Correctional Service.
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