Ex-soldier, Sgt. Ado Kabiru
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of an ex-soldier, Sgt. Ado Kabiru to seven years imprisonment on a two count charge of obtaining by false pretence before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri.
Count one of the charge read, “That you, Sgt. Ado Kabiru and Jibrin Mahmud (now at large) sometime in October 2020 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, did obtain the gross sum of N29, 934, 500.00 (Twenty Nine Million, Nine Hundred and Thirty Four Thousand Five Hundred Naira) from one Dr. Mohammed Ramat via your two different account numbers: Account number 0454731634 domiciled with Guaranty Trust Bank and Account Number 234484021 domiciled with First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and account number 1384601713 domiciled with Access Bank bearing Jibrin Mahmuda (now at large) under the pretence which you knew to be false, and committed an offence contrary to section 1(1) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and Punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”
The defendant had pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charge, setting the stage for trial. The prosecution counsel Mukhtar Ali Ahmed presented four witnesses and tendered several documents which were admitted as exhibits.
Apart from his jail term, the convict was ordered to pay the complainant the sum of N29, 934,500.00 involved or spend an additional eight years in prison.
The defendant’s journey to the correctional facility started when an unknown person called the complainant, Dr. Ali Mohammed Ramat, on phone claiming to be Jinn and instructed him to pick some charms which included a ring and brownish fluid in a small bottle at Polo ground, GRA Maiduguri.
Subsequently the cumulative sum of N29, 934,500.00 was sent by the complainant in cash and into the accounts number of the convict domiciled at Guaranty Trust Bank and FCMB.
