Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, has convicted and sentenced Ahmed Saleh Mubi to one year in prison for criminal misappropriation.

Mubi was arraigned on Thursday, September 19, 2024, by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge of criminal misappropriation involving the sum of N19,691,200.

The charge reads: “That you, Ahmed Saleh Mubi, between December 2019 and March 2020, at Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, offered to sell CFA 45,200 to one Abdulkarim Mohammed Saleh at the cost of N20,975,200. You also collected 14 motorcycles valued at N324,000 from the said Abdulkarim Mohammed Saleh for you to sell and remit the proceeds to him.

“However, you dishonestly misappropriated the sum of N19,691,200 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 308 and punishable under Section 309 of the Penal Code Laws of Borno State Cap.102 Vol.3 of 1994.”

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him, leading to the commencement of the trial. The prosecution counsel, Mukhtar Ali Ahmed and Faruku Muhammad, presented three witnesses and tendered several exhibits during the trial.Delivering judgment, Justice Maina convicted Mubi and sentenced him to one year in prison with an option of a fine of N100,000.
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