The
Gombe
Zonal
Directorate
of
the
Economic
and
Financial
Crimes
Commission,
EFCC,
has
arraigned
the
Chief
Executive
Officer,
CEO,
MB
Lugga
Global
Travels
and
Tours
Limited,
Mustapha
Mohammed
before
Justice
TG.Ringim
of
the
Federal
High
Court
sitting
in
Gombe,
Gombe
State
on
three
-count
charges
bordering
on
intent
to
defraud
and
obtaining
by
false
pretences
to
the
tune
of
N144,
162,
500(
One
Hundred
and
Forty-
Four
Million
One
Hundred
and
Sixty
Two
Thousand
and
Five
Hundred
Naira)
Count
one
of
the
charges
reads:
“That
you,
Mustapha
Mohammed
,
male
adult,
while
being
the
Chief
Executive
Officer
of
MB
Lugga
Global
Travel
and
Tours
Limited
and
Nazifi
Sale
Idris
(now
at
large)
sometimes
in
2024
at
Gombe,
Gombe
state
within
the
jurisdiction
of
this
honourable
court
did
with
intent
to
defraud
falsely
obtained
through
your
personal
Access
Bank
plc
account
number
0026323827,
the
total
sum
of
N97,080,000.00(Ninety
Seven
Million,
Eighty
Thousand
Naira)
from
one
Hamza
Ibrahim
Maina
for
the
purpose
of
procurement
of
flight
tickets,
visas
and
accommodation
for
2024
Ramadan
Lesser
Hajj
in
Saudi
Arabia
which
you
knew
to
be
false
and
thereby
committed
an
offence
contrary
to
Section
1(1)(a)
of
the
Advance
Fee
Fraud
and
other
related
offences
Act,
2006
and
punishable
under
Section
1(3)
of
the
same
Act.
Count
two
of
the
charge
reads:
“That
you
Mustapha
Muhammed,
male
adult,
while
being
the
Chief
Executive
Officer
of
MB
Lugga
Global
Travel
and
Tours
Limited
and
Nazifi
Sale
Idris(
now
at
large)
sometime
between
December,2023
and
February,
2024
at
Gombe,
Gombe
State
within
the
jurisdiction
of
this
Honourable
Court
did
with
intent
to
defraud
falsely
obtained
through
your
personal
Access
Bank
plc
account
number
0026323827,
the
total
sum
of
N29,082,500.00(Twenty
Nine
million,
Eighty
Two
Thousand,
Five
Hundred
Naira)
from
one
Ibrahim
Arabia
for
the
Ramadan
Lesser
Hajj
in
Saudi
Arabia
which
you
knew
to
be
false
and
thereby
committed
an
offence
contrary
to
Section
1(2)(a)
of
the
Advanced
Fee
Fraud
and
other
fraud
related
offences
Act,
2006
and
punishable
under
Section
1(3)
of
the
same
Act”.
In
view
of
his
plea,
prosecution
counsel,
SH
Saad
prayed
the
court
for
a
trial
date
and
for
the
defendant
to
be
remanded
at
the
Gombe
State
Correctional
Facility
.
However,
counsel
to
the
defendant,
MZ
Gambo
moved
a
motion
for
bail
which
was
vehemently
opposed
by
the
prosecution.
Saad
submitted
that,
”
my
Lord
,
the
defendant
still
has
about
eight
(8)
other
pending
petitions
filed
by
different
nominal
complainants
alleging
that
he
defrauded
them
to
the
aggregate
sum
of
N120,869,500
and
if
granted
bail,
he
might
flew
the
shores
of
Nigeria
and
may
never
be
found
again.
Therefore,
for
the
interest
of
justice
,
we
urge
my
Lord
not
to
grant
the
defendant
bail”.
Justice
Ringing
having
listened
to
both
counsel,
adjourned
the
case
for
ruling
on
bail
application
and
remanded
the
defendant
at
Gombe
State
Correctional
Facility.
Dele
Oyewale
Head,
Media
&
Publicity
February
3,
2025
Credit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
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