The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Abdullahi Aminu before the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri over an alleged N4.3 million fraud.
Dele Oyewale, EFCC Head, Media & Publicity in a statement on Friday, said Aminu was docked on Thursday before Justice Aisha Kumaliya by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the anti-graft agency on a one-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation.
The EFCC alleged that the defendant sometime in 2025 in Maiduguri, dishonestly converted to his personal use the sum of N4,305,000 belonging to one Jibrin Abdulrahman under the pretext of supplying him rice.
According to the charge, the offence contravenes Section 296 and is punishable under Section 297 of the Borno State Penal Code Law and Other Matters Connected Therewith Law, 2023.
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The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Following his plea, prosecution counsel, A.D. Abdulmalik, prayed the court for a trial date and urged that the defendant be remanded in a correctional facility pending the determination of the case.
Justice Kumaliya subsequently adjourned the matter till April 21, 2026, for commencement of trial and ordered that the defendant be remanded in the Maiduguri Maximum Correctional Facility.
The EFCC said the defendant was arrested after allegedly diverting funds meant for the supply of rice to personal use.
