The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Muhammad Umar before Justice Aisha Ibrahim of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, over an alleged ₦4.2 million property scam.
Umar was brought before the court by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the EFCC on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and criminal misappropriation.
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One of the charges reads:
“That you, Muhammad Umar, with the bank verification number 22530268934, sometime in March 2025 in Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of ₦4,200,000 (Four Million Two Hundred Thousand Naira) from one Abubakar Kaumi under the false pretence that same was meant for the purchase of a property situated at Bolori Ward, Maiduguri, a representation you knew to be false, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.”
Umar, however, pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him.
Following his plea, EFCC counsel, S.O. Saka, requested a date for trial and urged the court to remand the defendant in a correctional centre pending the commencement of proceedings.
Justice Ibrahim granted the prosecution’s request, adjourning the case to November 3, 2025, for trial and ordering that Umar be remanded in a correctional facility.
The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
