The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Abdullahi Aminu before the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri over an alleged N4.3 million fraud.
Aminu was docked on Thursday, before Justice Aisha Kumaliya on a one-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation.
According to the EFCC, the defendant allegedly converted N4,305,000.00 meant for the supply of rice, property of one Jibrin Abdulrahman, to his personal use.
The charge reads: “That you, Abdullahi Aminu sometimes in 2025 at Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court dishonestly convert to your own use the aggregate sum of N4,305,000.00 (Four Million, Three Hundred and Five Thousand Naira), monies belonging to Jibrin Abdulrahman purportedly as payment for the supply of rice, thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 296 and punishable under Section 297 of the Borno State Penal Code Law and Other Matters Connected Therewith Law, 2023.”
The defendant, however, pleaded “not guilty” to the charge.
Following his plea, prosecution counsel A.D Abdulmalik urged the court to fix a trial date and remand the defendant in a correctional facility.
Justice Kumaliya subsequently adjourned the matter till April 21, 2026, for commencement of trial and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Maiduguri Maximum Correctional Facility.
The EFCC said Aminu was arrested after he allegedly diverted funds meant for a rice supply transaction for personal use.