The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Maiduguri Zonal Directorate, has arraigned one Sadi Babale before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court.
The defendant was arraigned on a one- count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N19.000.000.00.
This was disclosed in a statement by the anti-graft agency shared on its Facebook page on Monday.
The count charge read, “That you, Sadi Babale, sometimes in September, 2024 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did dishonestly misappropriated the total sum of N19, 000,000.00 (Nineteen Million Naira) money belonging to one Alhaji Tijjani Mohammed and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 296 and punishable under section 297 of the Penal Code Laws of Borno State.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him.
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Counsel to the prosecution, Mukhtar Ali Ahmed prayed for a trial date and urged the court to remand the defendant in a Correctional facility. In the same vein, counsel to the defendant, J. Yakubu, applied to move a motion for the bail of the defendant.
Justice Kumaliya thereafter adjourned the matter till July 28, 2026 for hearing of the bail application and ordered the remand of the defendant at Maiduguri Maximum Correctional Facility.
The defendant’s journey to the Correctional facility started when the sum of N19, 000,000 was paid to him by the petitioner for the purchase of four plots of land which were not genuine.
The commission noted that Babale allegedly converted the money for his own personal use.