EFCC Makes An Arrest In Sokoto; Charges On Criminal Breach Of Trust.

 Ibrahim Salisu Isah was arraigned by the Sokoto Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday in front of Sokoto State High Court Sitting Judge Bashar Ibrahim Tambuwal.

Isah was charged on a one-count charge of criminal breach of trust totaling N7.1 million, according to a post on the EFCC's official page.

The charge: “That you Ibrahim Salisu Isah, 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, 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 is to be discharged and thereby committed the offense of criminal breach of trust contrary to section 300 of the Sokoto State Penal Code Law and punishable under Section 301 of the same law.”

EFCC added that “Isah pleaded not guilty to the charge, prosecution counsel S.H Sa’ad, applied for a trial date while the defense counsel Shamsu Dauda applied for bail for the accused. Sa’ad objected to the defense counsel’s oral application for bail, arguing that being a court of records; the defense must come formally by way of an affidavit for the prosecution to respond.

Justice Tambuwal adjourned the matter to April 23, 2024, for a hearing. He also ordered a formal bail application and remanded the defendant in the custody of the Correctional services.”

When bail was requested orally, Sa'ad protested.