COURT JAILS TWO FOR N14.8M FRAUD IN MAIDUGURI. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
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...
The Director-General,Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority {NCAA},Mr Usman Muktar,says the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,Abuja,runway is ready for operation and can be opened on wednesday.''We have carried out the inspection and we have confirmed that the job has been done quite satisfactorrily in line with the International Civil Aviation Organisation {ICAO} standard and recommended practices.So,the airport,the runway is very ready to accept flight operations safely.By this,we are declaring that the airport and its runway are quite operational at the time that has been determined as the official opening of this airport,'' he declared.Muktar said that the agency had already issued ''Notice to Airmeen {NOTAM}'' to all aviators worldwwide that the airport was ready for reopening Wednesday as scheduled. Earlier on Managing Director Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria,FAAN,Engr. Saleh Dunoma over the weekend declared that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,Abuja runway will today be ready for inspection by Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority,NCAA,and if certified okay by the regulatory authority,will be reopen for flight operations.This is two clear days before the reopening date of 19th April of the runway for air traffic.Dunoma who made this declaration after inspecting the runway said; ''We will be ready by Monday,April 17 but we are leaving the remaining two days for Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority,NCAA,because they have to certify that what we have done is in accordance with their standards.If they do that,we will bring in the traffic.But if they do not,we have the opportunity of making corrections within the two days we have saved.No doubt about that,we will open it as scheduled.Just as I have said,we worked with NCAA throughout the period,they have been making corrections.But for formality,we need to make sure that all the necessary corrections meet the requirement of the civil aviation authority.All the critical items of work are 100% except may be two items,which are the markings and the cleaning.Other critical item which is not works but the inspection and certification will bring in traffic back to Abuja.Asphalt work is 100%,markings have reached almost 70%,the airfield lighting system has reached 80%.There is additional work which has nothing to do with this repair but we are seizing the opportunity of the closure of the airport to do it.This has to do with the APEX {Airport Excellence in Safety} re;lated items.We are now levelling all the airfield lightings locations,all the installations and flash ith the ground surface.In case of any skidding,there will not be concrete projection above the ground surface,'' Dunoma said.One more photo below.
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