The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
Gombe Zonal Directorate on Thursday, May 21, 2026, arraigned one
Dalhatu Yahaya, before Justice A.M Yakubu of the Gombe High Court 2,
Gombe, Gombe State.
?Yahaya was arraigned on two- count charges
bordering on intent to defraud to the tune of N3,500,000( Three Million
Five Hundred Thousand Naira)
?One of the charges read:“That you, Dalhatu Yahaya
sometimes in 2025 at Gombe, Gombe State, within the jurisdiction of this
Honorable Court, with intent to defraud induced one Abubakar Shuaibu Yakubu to
deliver to you the sum of Three Million Five Hundred Thousand (N3,5000,000) as
payment to help him secure employment with the Federal Inland Revenue Service,
a representation which you knew to be false, and thereby committed an offence
contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences
Act 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act.
?He pleaded not guilty to the two -count charges
preferred against him.
Following the plea of the defendant , prosecution
counsel, J.D Tortema requested for a trial date and remand of the
defendant in a Correctional centre but defence counsel, Yusuf A.
Ali, informed the court that an application for bail had been filed before the
court.
Justice Yakubu granted the defendant bail in the sum
of N5,000,000 (Five Million Naira) and one surety in like sum. The surety
should own a landed property worth N5m and must be a resident in Gombe and
be of good standing.
Additionally, the surety should tender the
original copy of the landed property to the court and a valid Identity Card
with his international passports, subject to verification by
the Court Registrar.
The judge thereafter adjoined the case to June
22, 2026 for commencement of trial and ordered that the defendant be remanded
in Gombe Correctional Service pending the fulfilment of his bail co
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