Man Lands In EFCC Net Over Land Scam In Kaduna

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a man, Munkai’la Abubakar, before Justice Darius Khobo of the state High Court sitting in Kaduna, Kaduna State. Abubakar is facing a seven-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence and forgery.

According to the commission’s statement published on its website on Tuesday, Abubakar allegedly sold four plots of land to Umar Iskil for N4,800,000 using forged titled documents in January 2018.

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The commission said that Abubakar’s actions were in violation of Section 344 and punishable under Section 345 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.

During the arraignment, Abubakar pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against him. The prosecution counsel, N. Salele, then applied for a date for the trial to commence and urged the court to remand the defendant. However, the defence counsel, Yunus O. Olakulehin, implored the court to admit the defendant to bail.

In one of the count charges read in court, it was stated that Abubakar

“sometime in January 2018 at Kaduna within the Judicial Division of the High Court of Justice of Kaduna state with the intent to defraud forged a document titled “TAKARDAN YARJENIYAN SAYAR DA PLOT KO GIDA DAKE DANBUSHIYA KADUNA” in respect of plot situate at Millennium City, Danbushiya Kaduna purportedly issued by Abubakar Mamadi, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 344 and punishable under Section 345 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.”

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Justice Khobo adjourned the case till May 10, 2023, for hearing the defendant’s motion for bail and remanded Abubakar in the Nigeria Correctional Centre. The EFCC continues to warn the public against engaging in fraudulent activities and urges them to report any suspicious transactions to the appropriate authorities.