The Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, the state capital, has convicted and sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil, well known as Mama Boko Haram, and two others to five years imprisonment each.
Wakil who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Complete Care and Aid Foundation (NGO) alongside Programme Manager Tahiru Saidu Daura and Country Director Prince Lawal Shoyode were re-arraigned on Monday, September 1, 2020, on four-count amended charges bordering on cheating, conspiracy, and giving false information to the tune of N6 million.
Count two of the charge read: “That you, Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyade whilst being Chief Executive Officer, Programme Manager and Country Director respectively of Complete Care and Aid Foundation (Non-Governmental Organisation) sometime between October and November 2018 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly induced one Alhaji Bukar Kachalla of Abks Ventures Limited to deliver to you a Toyota Camry 2012 Model worth N6,000,000.00 only under the guise of executing a contract for the purchase of the said car and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 320 (a) and punishable under Section 322 of the Penal Code Cap 102 Laws of Borno State.”
Again, court jails Mama Boko Haram, two others for N40m fraud
The defendants pleaded “not guilty” to the charges prepared against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
During the trial, the prosecution counsel, Mukhtar Ahmed and Shamsudeeb Saka presented, three witnesses and tendered several documents as exhibits before the court in proof of EFCC’s case against the defendants.
However, the presiding judge, Justice Aisha Kumaliya, on Thursday, November 28, 2024, convicted and sentenced the defendants to five years imprisonment without an option of fine.
Justice Kumaliya also ordered the defendants to jointly and severally restitute the balance of N3.5 million to the petitioner or in default, serve an additional five years jail term each.
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