The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on February 18, 2019, arraigns one Adamu Wabba before Justice Fadawu Umar of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, on two count charges, bordering on criminal breach of trust and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N 7, 400,600.00 (Seven Million, Four Hundred Thousand Six Hundred Naira) only.
The accused, Adamu Wabba, was alleged to have sold goods worth more than N7million and converted the sum to his personal use.
It was gathered that one Yakubu Dauda, who alleged the offences of criminal breach of trust and obtaining by false pretence had on February 24, 2017, lodged a criminal complaint against the accused to the Commission.
According to the petitioner, a businessman who supplies grains (beans and maize) from Aski/Uba to Lagos had in 2015, supplied goods worth N7million grains to the accused Adamu Wabba who requested for the goods.
The petitioner further alleged that after he supplied the grains, that the accused sold the goods and converted the money to his personal use.
Count one of the charge on Adamu Wabba reads:
“That you, Ijudugal Adamu Wabba sometimes in 2015 at Akira/Uba, Borno State within the jurisdiction of the Honourable Court, dishonestly converted to your personal use the sum of N 7, 400, 600.00 (seven million, Four Hundred Thousand Six Hundred Naira) only, being proceeds of sales of grains (beans and maize) which was meant to be remitted to one Yakubu Dauda who entrusted the said sum to you and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under sections 311 and 312 of the Penal Code Laws of Borno State Cap. 102 Vol. 3 of 1994 respectively.”
When the charges were read to the accused, Wabba pleaded not guilty to the charges. But Counsel to the prosecution, Khalid Sanusi asked for the trial date.
Thereafter, Justice Umar adjourned the matter to February 20, 2019, for the commencement of trial and ordered that the accused person be remanded in the prison custody.