EFCC arraigns “Mama Boko Haram”, two others for N150m fraud

Aisha Alkali Wakil, famously known as “Mama Boko Haram,” has been formally charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode. The charges, which include conspiracy and cheating, are related to an alleged fraudulent activity amounting to N150,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Million Naira only).

One of the charges states: “That Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu Daura, and Prince Lawal Shoyode, as the Chief Executive Officer, Programme Manager, and Country Director respectively of Complete Care and Aid Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation, along with Saidu Mukhtar (at large) in August 2018 in Maiduguri, Borno State, induced Alhaji Bulama Bakki CEO Bakki Commodity Investment Company Limited and Ngumati Investment Company Limited, deceitfully representing a contract for the supply of 5000 bags of high-quality white beans and seven units of mobile ultra-scanning Machines solar energy, amounting to N150,000,000.00, which you did not pay, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 320(a) of the Borno State Penal Code Law Cap 102 and punishable under section 322 of the same Law.”

The defendants entered a plea of ‘not guilty’ to the charges. The prosecution counsels, A.I Arogha and S.O Saka, requested a trial date from the court. Justice Fadawu subsequently adjourned the case and ordered the defendants to be remanded at a Correctional Centre.