The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, 14th June 2022 secured the conviction and sentencing of Aisha Alkali Wakil, (aka Mama Boko Haram) alongside Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri.
The defendants were sentenced to five years imprisonment without the option of a fine.
The judgment was the climax of a process that commenced on Monday, 14th September 2020 when the defendants were re-arraigned on two-count charges of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N71,400,000 (Seventy-One Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira) only.
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