Nigerian Army Special Court Martial sitting in Abuja said it
has found Maj-Gen Umaru Muhammed guilty of $1.476m theft.
Muhammed was the erstwhile group managing director of
Nigerian Army Properties Limited, NAPL.
The president of the court, Maj.-Gen. James Myam, said on
Wednesday that in the course of the trial, the accused had pleaded not guilty
and presented two witnesses.
He said that the court found the defendant guilty of
stealing 1.04 million U.S. dollars between May 7, 2019, and June 24, 2021,
while serving as GMD of NAPL.
The court president added that the accused was found guilty
of instructing one Maj. Usman and one other, now at large, to collect money
from ship owners in dollars.
Mr Myam, however, said Mr Muhammed was not found guilty on
count 7, which borders on criminal conspiracy to forge a document in connivance
with one Yusuf Abdulahi.
He was, however, found guilty of forgery as related to
counts 8 and 9 of stealing $430,800, the president of the court said.
The court also found the general guilty of conspiracy to
forge documents, and selling the company’s property while no longer serving at
NAPL for N200 million.
It also found him guilty of dishonestly taking N74 million
from the company’s account on August 22, 2019.
On counts 14, 15, 16, and 18, which bordered on criminal
misappropriation, the court said the accused could not account for N2.5 billion
belonging to the company.
On count 17, in which the general was accused of withdrawing
N750 million from the company’s account, the court held that the prosecution
failed to prove their allegation beyond reasonable doubt.
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