RismadarVoice Reporters, April 10, 2026
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Abdullahi Aminu before the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri over an alleged N4.3 million fraud.
Aminu was docked on Thursday, April 9, 2026, before Justice Aisha Kumaliya on a one-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation.
According to the charge, the defendant allegedly converted the sum of N4,305,000.00, belonging to one Jibrin Abdulrahman, to his personal use under the pretext of supplying rice.
The offence is said to contravene Section 296 and is 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.
Following his plea, prosecution counsel, A.D. Abdulmalik, requested a trial date and urged the court to remand the defendant in a correctional facility.
Justice Kumaliya subsequently adjourned the case to April 21, 2026, for the commencement of trial and ordered that the defendant be remanded in the Maiduguri Maximum Correctional Facility.
The EFCC said the defendant was arrested for allegedly diverting funds meant for a rice supply transaction for personal use.
