The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, arraigned one Salihu Yusuf Wavah before Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri over alleged criminal misappropriation of N20 million.
Wavah was docked on a two-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation, contrary to Sections 296 and 297 of the Borno State Penal Code Law and Other Matters Connected Therewith, 2023.
According to the EFCC, the defendant allegedly misappropriated and converted to his personal use the sum of N20,000,000 between June 9 and June 11, 2024, in Maiduguri.
One of the charges stated that the money was meant for the purchase of a property, which Wavah allegedly failed to deliver.
The defendant was also accused of refusing to refund the money to the petitioner.
When the charges were read in court, Wavah pleaded not guilty.
Prosecution counsel, Faruqu Muhammad, requested that the court fix a trial date and remand the defendant in prison custody.
Justice Muhammad Maina thereafter adjourned the case to February 9, 2026, for the commencement of trial and ordered that the defendant be remanded in prison custody pending the determination of the case.
