Aisha Alkali Wakil, better known as Mama Boko Haram, Tahiru Saidu Daura, and Prince Lawal Shoyode were found guilty by Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri on Wednesday. Each of them was given a 14-year prison sentence.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) reportedly announced the news in a statement released on Wednesday by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale.
The defendants were charged with conspiracy and acquiring ₦11 million via false pretenses on September 14, 2020, when they appeared in court by the EFCC’s Maiduguri Zonal Directorate.
In July 2018, in Maiduguri, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, you, Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu Daura, and Prince Lawal Shoyode, while serving as Chief Executive Officer, Programme Manager, and Country Director, respectively, of Complete Care and Aids Foundation (a Non-Governmental Organization), along with Saidu Mukhtar (who is currently at large), obtained ₦11 million from Muhammad Ambare of Muhammed Ambare Ventures under the false pretense of signing a purported contract for the supply, installation, and servicing of two units of X-Ray Machine Model 1800, which you knew to be untrue. This was a violation of Section 1(1)(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and was punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.
However, when the charges were brought against them, the defendants entered a not guilty plea, which resulted in a full trial.
It was known that Mukhtar Ali Ahmed, the prosecution’s attorney, and S. O. Saka called one witness and provided the court with a number of papers to support their case throughout the trial. Mobile phones that are accessible
Judge Kumaliya announced the verdict on Wednesday, convicting the defendants on counts one and two and sending them to seven years in prison each, following several adjournments that the defendants had requested.
Concurrent execution of the sentences is required.
The judge ordered that the convicted individuals and collectively pay back N8 million to the petitioner, or else they would be sentenced to seven more years in prison.
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The prisoners’ journey to the correctional facility began as a result of their dishonest behavior in giving the petitioner and his business false contracts for the provision, installation, and maintenance of two X-Ray Machine Model 1800 units.
They forced the petitioner to transfer ₦11 million to the account of Saidu Muktar, a third party who is still at large; the petitioner never received the money back, and the contract was not fulfilled.
Recall that six months ago, Aishal Wakil, also known as Mama Boko Haram, the CEO of the non-governmental organization (NGO) Complete Care and Aid Foundation, and two other officials from her group were each given five years in prison for their roles in a fraud involving more than ₦6 million. Mobile phones that are accessible
Prince Lawal Shoyode, the organization’s country director, and Tahiru Saidu Daura, the program manager, were the other two people sentenced with Mama Boko Haram.
