The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Maiduguri Zonal Directorate, has arraigned a man, Muhammad Umar, before Justice Aisha Ibrahim of the Borno State High Court over an alleged N4.2 million property fraud.
The anti-graft agency, in a statement posted on X on Wednesday, said Umar was arraigned on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence and criminal misappropriation.
According to the EFCC, Umar allegedly collected N4.2 million from one Abubakar Kaumi under the pretext of selling a property located at Bolori Ward in Maiduguri, knowing the claim was false.
The charge stated, “That you, Muhammad Umar, with the bank verification number 22530268934, sometime in March 2025 in Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of N4,200,000 (Four Million Two Hundred Thousand Naira) from one Abubakar Kaumi.”
The offence, the EFCC added, is contrary to Section 1 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
Umar pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Following his plea, EFCC counsel, S.O. Saka, requested a trial date and asked the court to remand the defendant in a correctional centre.
Justice Ibrahim ordered that Umar be remanded in a Correctional Facility and adjourned the case to November 3, 2025, for the commencement of trial.
Earlier, the EFCC had handed over three properties, two luxury cars, and N1.1 million recovered from a self-acclaimed spiritualist, Fatai Olalere Alli, to his fraud victim, and arraigned three individuals and a vessel, MT Ostria, in Lagos over an alleged petroleum theft involving 25 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit belonging to NNPC Retail Limited.
