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 State Commissioner for For Finance,Mr Adewale Oshinowo,made this known in a statement in Abeokuta on thursday.He noted that the governor gave the approval on monday.The Ogun Government had invoked the ''No Work,No Pay'' policy and witheld the salaries of the workers who participated in the strike.However,the commissioner stated that with the payment approval,the government had pardoned the workers,which followed the intervention of traditional rulers in the state,who pleaded on their behalf.The commissioner said The government's action was in the spirit of this year's Workers Day celebration scheduled for May 1.He added that the development was a further testimony to the state governmebt's commitment to the welfare of workers.While wishing workers happy May Day celebration,Oshiniwo indicated that ''the release also indicated that the state government had paid the April salary of its entire workforce''.He urged them to reciprocate the gesture by rededicating themselves to duties and contributing their quota to the development of the state.
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