The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned Idris Gana Mohammed before Justice A. M. Abdullahi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, over allegations of criminal misappropriation and obtaining money by false pretence.
The defendant was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on the alleged diversion of N6,850,000 (Six Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only).
According to the charge, Mohammed was accused of dishonestly converting the sum to his personal use sometime between June 10 and 13, 2026, in Abuja. The money, the EFCC said, was payment made to him for a black Toyota Camry on behalf of Ampatech Nigeria Limited. The offence was said to contravene Section 308 of the Penal Code Law of the FCT, and is punishable under Section 309 of the same law.
Mohammed pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him, after which prosecution counsel, G. G. Gajere, urged the court to commence trial.
Defence counsel, Ibrahim Jibril, told the court he had filed and served a bail application on the prosecution, and also made an oral application for his client’s bail.
After listening to submissions from both sides, Justice Abdullahi adjourned the matter to September 24, 2026, for commencement of trial, and ordered that the defendant be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre in the interim.
The EFCC said Mohammed was arrested following a petition by Mohammed Ahmed Patigi of Ampatech Nigeria Limited, who alleged that the N6.85 million paid to the defendant for a black Toyota Camry was neither used to deliver the vehicle nor refunded.
