COURT JAILS TWO FOR N14.8M FRAUD IN MAIDUGURI. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 Court Jails Two for N14.8m Fraud in Maiduguri Justice B.T Zannah of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on Monday, July 13, 2026 convicted and sentenced two to three years imprisonment. The convicts are: Babagana Bukar and Hauwa Chabri.  The convicts were arraigned on Monday, July 13, 2026 by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a separate one -count charge for the offence of criminal misappropriation to the tune of N14,800,000.00 (Fourteen  Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira). The charge against Bukar reads: "That you, Babagana Bukar sometimes in 2025 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, dishonestly misappropriated and converted to your own use the aggregate sum of N8,800,000.00 (Eight Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira)  money belonging to Bunu Gambo Liman, being amount given to you through Babakura Umar and Bello Adamu for the supplies of 100 bags of IRS...

9.8 MILLION DOLLARS,SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS,WAS RECOVERED FROM EX-NNPC GMD IN KADUNA.{PHOTOS}.

No automatic alt text available.                  A special operation conducted by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on 3rd February,2017 on a building belonging to a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation {NNPC}, Dr Andrew Yakubu in Kaduna yielded the recovery of a staggering sum of $9,772,800 {Nine Million,Seven Hundred and Seven Two Thousand,Eight Hundred United States Dollars} and another sum of 74,000 pounds {Seventy Four Thousand Pound Sterling } cash.
The huge cash cash was hidden in a fire proof safe.The surprise raid of the facility was sequel to an intelligence which the commission received about suspected proceedss of crime believed to be hidden in the slums of Sabon Tasha area of Kaduna.
On arrival at the facility,the caretaker of the house,one Bitrus Yakubu,a younger brother to Andrew Yakubu,disclosed that both the house and the safe where the money was found belong to his brother,Andrew Yakubu.When the safe was opened it was disscovered that it contained the sum of $9,772,800 {Nine Million,Seven Hundred United States Dollars] and another sun of 74,000 [Seventy Four Thousand Pound Sterling}.
On February 8,2017,Andrew Yakubu reported to the Commission's Zonal office in Kano and made statement wherein he admitted ownership of the recovered money,claiming it was gift from unnamed persons.He is currently assisting the investigation.More photos below.
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