EFCC ARRAIGNS MAN FOR N4.2M PROPERTY FRAUD IN MAIDUGURI
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Maiduguri Zonal Directorate, has arraigned one Muhammad Umar before Justice Aisha Ibrahim of the Borno State High Court over allegations of property fraud amounting to ₦4,200,000.
In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, the anti-graft agency confirmed that Umar was arraigned on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and criminal misappropriation.
According to the charge sheet, Umar, who operates with bank verification number 22530268934, allegedly defrauded one Abubakar Kaumi of ₦4.2 million in March 2025 under the guise of selling a property located at Bolori Ward, Maiduguri.
The EFCC alleged that the defendant’s claim was false, constituting an offence contrary to Section 1 and punishable under Section 1(3)q of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
The charge read in part: “That you, Muhammad Umar, 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 from one Abubakar Kaumi under the pretence that the money was meant for the purchase of a property located at Bolori Ward, Maiduguri, which you knew to be false.”
Umar, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Following his plea, EFCC counsel S.O. Saka requested a trial date and urged the court to remand the defendant in a correctional facility pending the commencement of proceedings.
Justice Ibrahim granted the request, ordering that Umar be remanded in a Correctional Centre and adjourned the case to November 3, 2025, for the start of trial.
Meanwhile, the EFCC recently announced the recovery and handover of three properties, two luxury vehicles, and ₦1.1 million from a self-acclaimed spiritualist and fraudster, Fatai Olalere All, as well as the arraignment of a vessel, MT Ostria, and three individuals in Lagos over alleged petroleum theft involving over 25 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) belonging to NNPC Retail Limited.
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