The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 4, 2026, arraigned one Gambomi Muhammed before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri.
The defendant was arraigned on a ten- count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence to the sum of N4,500,000.00 (Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira).
Count nine of the charge reads: “That you, Gambomi Muhammed between the period of June, 2022 and February, 2023 in Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court with intent to defraud obtained the aggregate sum of N4, 500,000.00 (Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) from Musa Yusuf, Kamilu Abubakar, Daniel Kwatri Tizhe, Mustapha Adamu, Yakubu Audu, Kadir Abdullahi, Yakubu John and Cosmas Peter under the pretense that you will secure an employment for them at Nigerian Correctional Service a representation which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1) and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.”
The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charge preferred against him by the EFCC.
Following his plea, counsel to the prosecution, S.O Saka, prayed for a trial date and the remand of the defendant in a Correctional facility.
Thereafter, Justice Kumaliya adjourned the matter till May 8, 2026, for commencement of hearing and remanded the defendant in Maiduguri Maximum Correctional facility.
The defendant’s journey to the Correctional facility started when he collected money from several individuals under the guise of securing employment for them at the Nigerian Correctional Service, a representation which is false. He diverted the money to his own personal use.
