Court Jails Man for N19.6m Fraud in Maiduguri
Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, convicted and sentenced Ahmed Saleh Mubi to one year in prison for criminal misappropriation.
Mubi was arraigned on Thursday, September 19, 2024, by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a single count of criminal misappropriation amounting to N19,691,200 (Nineteen Million, Six Hundred and Ninety-One Thousand, Two Hundred Naira).
The charge against Mubi read: “That you, Ahmed Saleh Mubi, between December 2019 and March 2020 in Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, offered to sell CFA 45,200.00 to one Abdulkarim Mohammed Saleh for the sum of N20,975,200.00. You then collected 14 motorcycles valued at N324,000.00 from Abdulkarim Mohammed Saleh to sell and remit the proceeds to him. Instead, you dishonestly misappropriated the sum of N19,691,200.00 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 308 and punishable under Section 309 of the Penal Code Laws of Borno State Cap.102 Vol.3 of 1994.”
Mubi pleaded not guilty to the charge, which led to the commencement of trial. During the trial, the prosecution, represented by counsel Mukhtar Ali Ahmed and Faruku Muhammad, presented three witnesses and submitted several exhibits.
In delivering the judgment, Justice Maina convicted Mubi and sentenced him to one year in prison, with an option of paying a fine of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira).
Mubi’s journey to the correctional facility began when he collected N19,691,200 from Abdulkarim Mohammed Saleh, promising to exchange it for CFA 45,200. Additionally, he took 14 motorcycles worth N324,000, but failed to return the money or the motorcycles.
