The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is preparing to arraign Abubakar Garba Dandare, a former registrar of Zamfara State Upper Sharia Court 1 in Gusau, before Justice Bello Shinkafi of the Zamfara State High Court in Gusau.
Dandare faces two charges related to the misappropriation of N3.8 million belonging to the late businessman, Alhaji Ladan Mada, and the forgery of the signature of his next of kin, Aminu Mada, on the Court Cash Deposit Register.
According to the EFCC, under court case number ZMJ/GS/13C/2024, Dandare is alleged to have diverted N3,837,634.46. This amount, a retention fee paid by the Zamfara State Ministry of Finance for the family of the late Alhaji Ladan Mada, was reportedly misappropriated on December 4, 2012, while he was serving as the Registrar of Upper Sharia Court 1, Samaru Gusau, Zamfara State.
Additionally, he is accused of forging the signature of Aminu Mada, the next of kin of the late Alhaji Mada, on the Court Cash Deposit Register of the Upper Sharia Court 1, Samaru Gusau, Zamfara State, intending to misappropriate the said amount.
The EFCC claims that Dandare committed an offence of Criminal Breach of Trust, which is contrary to sections 311 of the Penal Code CAP 89 Laws of Northern Nigeria 1963, and punishable under section 312 of the same law.