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EFCC Arraigns Kano Couple for N410 Million Fraud
EFCC Arraigns Kano Couple for N410 Million Fraud....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has brought charges against Aisha Salihu Malkohi (a.k.a Ummitah, Arab Money) and her husband, Abubakar Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud (currently at large) on five counts related to the misappropriation of funds amounting to N410,518,000 (Four Hundred and Ten Million, Five Hundred and Eighteen Thousand Naira only). CONTINUE READING
The arraignment took place on Friday, December 8, 2023, before Justice Aisha Mahmud of the Kano State High Court.
One of the charges alleges that the defendants obtained the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty-Five Million, Two Hundred and Fifty-Nine Thousand Naira only (225,259,000) from Farida Ibrahim between January 6 and December 16, 2022. The funds were purportedly for the purchase and supply of 64 cars from Saudi Arabia, a claim known to be false, contravening Section 1 (a) and (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud-Related Offences Act, 2006.
Aisha Salihu Malkohi pleaded not guilty to all five counts.
The EFCC counsel, Zarami Mohammed, requested a trial date, while the defence counsel, G.I Abubakar, moved a bail application for the defendant. Justice Mahmud adjourned the matter to December 15, 2023, for the ruling on the bail application and remanded the defendant in EFCC custody pending the ruling.
Malkohi’s arrest followed a petition from Farida Ibrahim and Ibrahim Mohammed Abdulrahman, accusing her and her husband of defrauding them under the pretext of supplying cars, gold, electronics, and kitchen utensils from Saudi Arabia. The EFCC’s investigation revealed that the couple diverted the funds into various bank accounts.
Source: Bushradiogist
