Court Jails Mama Boko Haram 5 Years For Alleged Fraud

Aisha Wakil, also known as Mama Boko Haram, was found guilty of fraud and given a five-year prison sentence by the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri.

Ms. Wakil was convicted alongside two officials of her non-governmental organisation, Complete Care and Aid Foundation—Tahiru Daura, the program manager, and Prince Shoyode, the country director.

This was confirmed by Dele Oyewale, Head of Media & Publicity at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday.

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The EFCC, which prosecuted the case, revealed that the verdict was delivered on Thursday, November 28, by the trial judge, Aisha Kumaliya.

The defendants were accused of defrauding Bukar Kachalla, the owner of Abks Ventures, by dishonestly inducing him to part with a Toyota Camry 2012 model worth N6 million, which they neither paid for nor returned.

Count two of the charge reads: “That you, Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyade whilst being Chief Executive Officer, Programme Manager and Country Director respectively of Complete Care and Aid Foundation (Non-Governmental Organisation) sometime between October and November 2018 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly induced one Alhaji Bukar Kachalla of Abks Ventures Limited to deliver to you a Toyota Camry 2012 Model worth N6,000,000.00 (Six Million Naira) only under the guise of executing a contract for the purchase of the said car and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 320 (a) and punishable under Section 322 of the Penal Code Cap 102 Laws of Borno State.”

The defendants pleaded “not guilty” to the charges prepared against them by the EFCC.

During the trial, counsel for the prosecution, Mukhtar Ahmed and Shamsudeeb Saka, presented three witnesses and tendered several documents as exhibits before the court in proof of the EFCC’s case against the defendants.

Justice Kumaliya, thereafter, convicted and sentenced the defendants to five years imprisonment without an option of a fine each.

The judge further ordered the defendants to jointly and severally restitute the balance of N3.5 million to the petitioner or, in default, serve an additional five-year jail term each.