Court Jails Mama Boko Haram For ?11m Contract Fraud In Maiduguri

Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri on Wednesday convicted and sentenced the trio of Aisha Alkali Wakil (also known as Mama Boko Haram), Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode to a 14-year jail term each.

This was disclosed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, on Wednesday.

The defendants were arraigned on September 14, 2020, by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the EFCC on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of ?11 million only.

Count two of the charge read, “That you, Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu Daura, Prince Lawal Shoyode whilst being Chief Executive Officer, Programme Manager, and Country Director respectively of Complete Care and Aids Foundation (Non-Governmental Organisation) and Saidu Mukhtar (now at large) sometime in July 2018 at Maiduguri within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud obtained the sum of ?11 million only from one Muhammed Ambare of Muhammed Ambare Ventures under the false pretence of executing a purported contract of supply, installation and servicing of two units of X- Ray Machine Model 1800, 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.”

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to them, prompting the matter to go into full trial.

The prison terms are to run concurrently.

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