The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Muhammad Suleiman Gumsuri, for fraud.
Gumsuri was arraigned today before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N93, 800,000.00 (Ninety Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand Naira) fraudulently from one Shettima Mohammed, on the pretext of supplying non-food items to “Save The Children”, a Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO.
TheFact Nigeria gathers that the defendant, in February this year, obtained the said sum from Shettima Mohammed through Karlton International Company’s account number 1023671556 domiciled at UBA and Amir Goni Abdullahi’s Fidelity Bank account number 6012182416, to his account number 0141428771 domiciled at GT Bank and Fidelity Bank account number 6323579712 respectively, all bearing Muhammad Suleiman, under the guise that the said sum was payment for the supply of non-food items to the NGO, thus contravening Section 1(1) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and Punishable under Section 3 of the same Act.
The defendant pleaded ‘not guilty’ when the charge was read to him.
The EFCC prosecutor, Mukhtar Ali Ahmed, prayed for a trial date and urged the court to remand the defendant in the Correctional Centre.
Justice Fadawu adjourned the case until September 15, 2021 for commencement of trial and ordered the remand of the defendant at the Maiduguri Medium Correctional Facility.
In a related development, One David Osigbe Irumekhe was arraigned on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a-three count amended charge of criminal conspiracy and obtaining N 21,900,000.00 (Twenty One Million Nine Hundred Thousand Naira) by false pretence.
The defendant fraudulently collected the money under the guise of executing a purported contract awarded to Sky Source Global Concept by three NGOs: Terres Des Hummes, Medicin Du Monde and Danish Refugee Council.
The defendant pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges.
Justice Kumaliya adjourned to September 14, 2021 for commencement of trial and ordered the remand of the defendant in the Correctional Facility.
