The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 arraigned one Mustapha Idris before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri.
The defendant was arraigned on a one- count amended charge amended bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N1,000,000.00(One Million Naira)
The charge reads: That you Mustapha Idris sometimes in 2023, in Maiduguri, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court dishonestly misappropriated certain property to the sum of N1,000,000.00 belonging to Salisu Waziri purportedly as money for grain investment, a claim which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 296 of Borno State Penal Code Law and other matters connected therein and punishable under Section 297 of the same law.”
The defendant pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charge when it was read to him. Thereafter, prosecution counsel, Aliyu D. Abdulmalik prayed for a trial date and to remand the defendant in a Correctional Centre.
Justice Kumaliya thereafter adjourned till July 10, 2025 for commencement of trial and ordered the remand of the defendant in Maiduguri Correctional Centre.
