Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on Monday, May 4, 2026 convicted and sentenced one Saleh Isa Abdullahi to six month imprisonment.
The convict was arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N1,340,000.00 (One Million, Three Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira).
The charge reads: “That you, Saleh Isa Abdullahi with National Identification Number 83649788566, sometimes in 2024 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, dishonestly misappropriated and converted to your own use the aggregate sum of N1,34,000.00 (One Million, Three Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira) money belonging to Faruq Muhammad Ali, being amount given to you for the supply of 100 bags of cement which you converted to your personal use without his consent thereby committed 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 defendant pleaded “guilty” to the charge prepared against him by the EFCC. Counsel to the prosecution, Mukhtar Ali Ahmed, prayed the court to convict him accordingly, while counsel to the defendant, A.B Usman pleaded for leniency and urged the court to temper justice with mercy since he has restituted the money involved.
Thereafter, Justice Kumaliya sentenced and convicted the convict to six month imprisonment with an option of N100, 000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) fine.
The convict’s journey to the Correctional facility started when he criminally misappropriated 100 bags of cement worth N1, 34,000.00 (One Million, Three Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira) for his own personal use.
