Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Man Bags One Year for Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office on January 17, 2019 secured the conviction of Umar Galadima at the Federal high court sitting in Kaduna, Kaduna State. The convict was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence. He was said to have defrauded and obtained the sum of N5.3 million from one Jazime Isah Mustapha for selling a house at No 16 Tola Road Badarawa, Kaduna which he already sold to another person. Upon arraignment, the defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charge. The charge reads: “That you, Umar Galadima, sometime in F…