Aisha Wakil, popularly known as “Mama Boko Haram,” and two others have been sentenced to a combined 15 years’ imprisonment by a Borno State High Court for a N6m car fraud.
This was contained in a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday.
According to the anti-graft agency, Wakil “Mama Boko Haram”, alongside the Programme Manager of her Complete Care and Aid Foundation, Tahiru Saidu Daura, and the Country Director, Lawal Shoyode, was convicted after being found guilty of fraudulently obtaining a Toyota Camry 2012 model from a petitioner under false pretenses.
The trio had been re-arraigned on four counts of conspiracy, cheating, and providing false information in September 2020. Charges they pleaded not guilty to.
However, following extensive court proceedings, Justice Aisha Kumaliya sentenced each defendant to a five-year jail term in correction centre, on Thursday.
To secure their convictions, the prosecution, represented by Mukhtar Ahmed and Shamsudeeb Saka, presented three witnesses. They also submitted several documents as evidence.
In delivering the judgment, Justice Kumaliya haven listed to both parties, sentenced the defendants to five years imprisonment each. Her lordship did not give them an option of a fine.
The court also ordered the defendants to pay a restitution of N3.5m to the petitioner. Failure to comply with the restitution order would result in an additional five-year imprisonment for each defendant, the judge said.
According to the statement, EFCC highlighted that the defendants had neither purchased the vehicle as agreed nor returned it to the petitioner, leading to their conviction.
source: Punch
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