A Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has sentenced one Shehu Saleh to two years’ imprisonment for fraud involving N22 million.
Delivering judgment, Justice Aisha Kumaliya found the defendant guilty of misappropriating funds after he was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The charge read that the convict, sometime in 2024 in Maiduguri, converted to personal use the sum of N22,000,000 belonging to one Zara Betra Aliyu through bank accounts domiciled in GTBank and First Bank, contrary to Sections 296 and 297 of the Penal Code Law of Borno State.
Saleh pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him, prompting prosecution counsel, Mukhtar Ali Ahmed, to urge the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.
Justice Kumaliya subsequently sentenced him to two years in prison, with an option of a N100,000 fine. The court further ruled that failure to pay the fine would attract an additional six months’ imprisonment.
The court heard that the case originated after the sum of N22 million was paid into the defendant’s account for a contract with an international organisation, which he failed to execute, diverting the funds for personal use.
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