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 offense 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 an amount given to you through Babakura Umar and Bello Adamu for the supplies of 100 bags of IRS flours and 50 bags of BUA sugar which you converted to your own personal use without his consent, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 296 of the Penal Code Law and Other Matters connected therewith and punishable under Section 297 of the same law.”
The charge for Chabri reads: “That you Hauwa Chabri, sometime in 2025 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, dishonestly misappropriated the sum of N6,000,000.00 (Six Million Naira), being an amount belonging to Mohammed Samaila Yakubu for the supply of beef, and thereby committed an offense contrary to Section 296 of the Borno State Penal Code Law and Other Matters connected therewith and punishable under Section 297 of the same law.”
The defendants pleaded ‘guilty’ to the charges when it was read to them. Following which, prosecution counsel, A.D Abdulmalik prayed the court to convict them accordingly.
In the same vein, counsel to the first defendant, S. Mustapha, pleaded for leniency and informed the court that the convict has fully restituted the petitioner.
Mustapha further urged the court to temper justice with mercy upon the convict and sentence him with an option of fine. While the second defendant pleaded for leniency and told the court that she promised to restitute the petitioner.
Thereafter, Justice Zannah sentenced and convicted Bukar to one year imprisonment with an option of a N100,000 (one hundred thousand naira) fine. While Chabri was convicted and sentenced to restitute the petitioner with the sum of N6,000,000.00 (six million naira) or, in default, serve two years’ imprisonment.
Bukar’s journey to the correctional facility started when he collected the sum of N8.8m for the supply of 100 bags of IRS flour and 50 bags of BUA sugar and thereby diverted the funds for his personal use. Chabri was to supply beef worth N6m and converted it to her personal use.
