The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has
arraigned Mohammed Umar Aji before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State
High Court sitting in Maiduguri for alleged land fraud.
He was arraigned on a one- count amended charge bordering on
criminal misappropriation to the tune of N25, 000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million
Naira) by the Maiduguri Zonal Command.
The lone- count read: “That you, Muhammad Umar Aji, sometimes
in February, 2023 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this
Honourable Court, did dishonestly misappropriated to your own use certain
properties to wit: the aggregate sum of N25,000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million
Naira) only being proceeds for the sale of properties (1) a plot of land on
BOTP/33 covered by Right of Occupancy on number BO/42010 and (2) a House on
plot number 348 covered by Certificate of Occupancy BO/5285 and thereby
committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 308 and 309 of
the Penal Code Laws of Borno State Cap. 102 vol.3 of 1994 respectively.”
The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charge when it was
read to him, prompting counsel for the prosecution, Mukhtar Ali Ahmed to pray
the court for a trial date and urged the court to remand the defendant in a
Correctional Centre.
Justice Kumaliya thereafter adjourned the matter till February 28, 2024 for trial and remanded the defendant in a Correctional Centre.
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