Mustapha Ibn Mustapha was arraigned earlier than the Borno State Excessive Courtroom on Tuesday for defrauding victims and promoting a chunk of land belonging to the Borno State Authorities.
In a press assertion launched by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) on Tuesday, Mustapha obtained the sum of N5,555,000, which he obtained from unsuspecting victims for the sale of thirty plots of land located and mendacity at Njimtilo, Konduga Native Authorities Space of Borno State.
“He was arraigned on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, on a three- rely cost bordering on acquiring by false pretence and prison conspiracy to the tune of N5,555,000.00( 5 Million, 5 Hundred and Fifty 5 Thousand Naira solely),” the assertion learn partly.
In line with the EFCC, the land, which is located behind Borno State College, was not his, however belongs to the Borno State Authorities.
He didn’t ship the land to the unsuspecting sufferer of the land fraud, and all efforts to get well the cash proved abortive.
The anti-graft fee famous that Mustapha’s motion contravenes Part 1 and is punishable underneath Part 1(3) of the Advance Payment Fraud and different Fraud Associated Offences Act, 2006.
Mustapha pleaded not responsible to the fees after they have been learn to him in court docket on Tuesday. The counsel for the defendant, S.O. Saka, appealed to the court docket to resolve a date for his trial and remand him in a correctional centre.
