The Sokoto Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed charges against Ibrahim Isah for criminal breach of trust totaling N7,110,000.00.
According to a statement issued by the EFCC on Monday, Isah was brought before Justice Bashar Tambuwal of the Sokoto State High Court on a single count of criminal breach of trust.
The indictment stated that in November 2022, Isah was given the money by one Buhari Gumbi to purchase and supply 1,800 bags of BUA cement at a cost of N3,950 each bag.
However, the prosecution claims that Isah misappropriated the monies for personal use, breaking the terms of the trust.
The charge read, “That you Ibrahim Salisu Isah Adult, Male, sometime in November 2022 at Sokoto within the Judicial Division of the High Court of Sokoto State, while being entrusted with the sum of N7,110,000.00 (Seven Million One Hundred and Ten Thousand Naira), by one Buhari Hammani Gumbi to purchase and supply 1,800 bags of BUA cement at the rate of N3,950 per bag, dishonestly misappropriated the money to your personal use in violation of the mode in which the trust was
According to the statement, Isah has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
“The prosecution lawyer, S.H Sa’ad, then requested for a trial date, while the defence attorney, Shamsu Dauda, applied for bail on the defendants. Sa’ad opposed to the defence counsel’s oral plea for bail, claiming that in a court of records, the defence must come formally in the form of an affidavit for the prosecution to respond.
“Justice Tambuwal set the hearing date for April 23, 2024. “He also ordered a formal bail application and remanded the defendant in the custody of the Correctional Services,” the statement said.