EFCC charges "Mama Boko Haram" and two others with N150 million in fraud

The arraignment of Aisha Alkali Wakil (also known as Mama Boko Haram), Tahiru Saidu Daura, and Prince Lawal Shoyode before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, pertains to two charges related to conspiracy and cheating, involving a sum of N150 million, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Count two of the charges reads: “That you Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode, while being the Chief Executive Officer, Programme Manager and Country Director respectively of Complete Care and Aid Foundation, (a Non-Governmental Organisation) and Saidu Mukhtar (at large) sometimes in August, 2018 in Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly induced one Alhaji Bulama Bakki CEO Bakki Commodity Investment Company Limited and Ngumati Investment Company Limited under the guise of executing a contract for the supply of 5000 bags of high quality white beans of 50kg each at the rate of N23,000 (Twenty Three Thousand Naira) only each and seven unit mobile ultra-scanning Machines solar energy (2018 brand) at the rate of N5, 000,000.00 (Five Million Naira) only totaling N 150,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Million Naira only) which he did and you refused to pay him and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 320(a) of the Borno State Penal Code Law Cap 102 and punishable under section 322 of the same Law.”

The defendants entered a plea of 'not guilty' in response to the allegations that were presented to them.

The counsels representing the prosecution, A.I Arogha and S.O Saka, requested the court to set a date for the commencement of the trial. Subsequently, Justice Fadawu proceeded to delay the case and issued an order for the defendants to be remanded at a Correctional Centre.