Aisha Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, has been jailed along others after the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Maiduguri Zonal Command dragged them before the court.
Mama Boko was convicted on Thursday alongside Tahiru Alhaji, Saidu Dura and Lawal Shoyode.
A statement by the agency’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sentenced Wakil and the others to seven years’ imprisonment for conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences.
He explained that the convicted were prosecuted by the anti-graft agency for falsely obtaining N15m from one Bukar Kachalla of Hamiza Global Resources Limited under the guise of supplying three units of Chemistry Analyser Solar Energy Brand Model 1800 (UK version).
Wakil was said to have committed the offence while she was Chief Executive Officer of Complete Care and Aid Foundation.
“Before their conviction, the defendants were first arraigned on September 14, 2020 before Justice Kumaliya on two count charges for the offences of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Naira),” the statement reads.
“Count two of the charge reads: ‘That you, Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Alhaji, Saidu Daura, Prince Lawal Shoyode, whilst being Chief Executive Officer, Program Manager and Country Director respectively of Complete Care and Aid Foundation (Non-Governmental Organization), and Saidu Muktar (at large), sometime in November 2018 at Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud obtained the sum of N15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Naira) only from one Honourable Bukar Kachalla of Hammiza Global Resources Limited under the false pretence of executing a purported contract of supply of 3 units of Chemistry Analyzer Solar Energy Brand Model 1800 (UK Version), which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence Contrary to Section 1(1) (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and Punishable Under Section 1 (3) of the Same Act’.”
The defendants were said to have pleaded not guilty.
However, Mukhtar Ahmed, prosecution counsel, “presented six witnesses and tendered several documents as exhibits before the court and thereafter closed his case on October 27, 2020”.
“Delivering judgment, Justice Kumaliya found the defendants guilty on the two count charges and sentenced them to seven years imprisonment each without an option of fine for the offence of conspiracy.
“The judge further sentenced them to another seven years imprisonment without an option of fine each for the offence of obtaining money by false pretence.
“He ordered the convicts to jointly restitute the sum of N15,000.000.00 (Fifteen Million Naira) to their victim, in default of which they are to serve additional five years prison term.”
Justice Kumaliya had earlier convicted and sentenced “Mama Boko Haram” to five years,on two-count charges of conspiracy and obtaining over 71million by false pretence.
She was jailed on June 15,2022.