The Chief Executive Officer of the Complete Care and Aid Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO), Aishal Wakil, widely recognized as Mama Boko Haram, along with two other officials from her organization, have been sentenced to five years in prison each for involvement in a fraud amounting to over N6 million.
The other two individuals sentenced alongside Mama Boko Haram are identified as Tahiru Saidu Daura, the program manager of the NGO, and Prince Lawal Shoyode, the Country Director of the organization.
The sentences were handed down following their arrest and prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly taking a 2012 Toyota Camry valued at N6,000,000.00 (Six Million Naira) from a petitioner under the pretense of purchasing the vehicle. They failed to either acquire the car or return it to the petitioner.
On Thursday, November 28, 2024, Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri sentenced the individuals to imprisonment after they were found guilty on four amended charges related to cheating, conspiracy, and providing false information amounting to N6 million.
This information was disclosed in an official statement on Monday by the spokesperson for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Dele Oyewale.
Count two of the charge reads: “That you, Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyade whilst being Chief Executive Officer, Programme Manager and Country Director respectively of Complete Care and Aid Foundation (Non-Governmental Organisation) sometime between October and November 2018 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly induced one Alhaji Bukar Kachalla of Abks Ventures Limited to deliver to you a Toyota Camry 2012 Model worth N6,000,000.00 (Six Million Naira) only under the guise of executing a contract for the purchase of the said car and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 320 (a) and punishable under Section 322 of the Penal Code Cap 102 Laws of Borno State.”
The defendants entered a plea of “not guilty” in response to the charges brought against them by the EFCC.
Throughout the trial, the prosecution’s legal representatives, Mukhtar Ali Ahmed and Shamsudeeb Olayinka Saka, called upon three witnesses and submitted various documents as evidence to support the EFCC’s case against the defendants.
Subsequently, Justice Kumaliya found the defendants guilty and imposed a sentence of five years of imprisonment on each, without the option of a fine.
Additionally, the Judge mandated that the defendants collectively and individually repay the sum of N3.5 million to the petitioner, or, in the event of non-compliance, serve an extra five years in prison each.