The Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has remanded a businessman, Muhammad Abdullahi, over alleged criminal breach of trust involving N186 million. The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Abdullahi before Justice Maina Lawan on a six-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust. The EFCC said the defendant allegedly received N186 million for safekeeping but diverted the funds for personal use instead of preserving them for the purpose for which they were entrusted to him. One of the charges alleged that on February 14, 2024, Abdullahi dishonestly converted N30 million transferred into his bank account for his personal use. The commission said the alleged offences contravened Sections 299 and 300 of the Borno State Penal Code Law and Other Matters Connected Therewith Law, 2023. It alleged that the funds were entrusted to the defendant through electronic transfers, but he allegedly exercised control over them in a manner inconsistent with the trust placed in him. Abdullahi pleaded not guilty to all six counts after they were read to him. Following his plea, EFCC counsel, N.T. Iko urged the court to remand him in a correctional facility pending trial. Justice Lawan subsequently adjourned the case until September 7, 2026, for further proceedings and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Maiduguri Maximum Correctional Centre.
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