The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) today January 15, 2016 arraigned a former Chairman of Kaduna
South LGA, Bala Isa Idris before Justice
Tukur Mu’azu of Kaduna State High Court on one count charge that borders on
advance fee fraud.
The accused allegedly obtained the
sum of N3,000,000 from one Alhaji Bashir Ahmed when he fraudulent sold a plot of
land belonging to the council, situated at Mechanic village, Kurmin Mashi, Kaduna
State to him with the false claim that he had the authority to dispose the
piece of land.
Count one of the charge reads, “that
you Bala Isa Idris sometime in 2013 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of the
High Court of Justice, Kaduna being the Kaduna South Local Government chairman
with the intent to defraud did obtain the sum of N3, 000,000.00 from one Alhaji
Bashir Ahmad under the pretence that you had the authority to dispose off a
piece of land belonging to the Kaduna South Local Government measuring 0.0628
hectares situated at Mechanic village, Kurmin Mashi, Kaduna South Local
Government, Kaduna state which pretence you knew to be false and thereby
committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) of the Advance Fee Fraud and
Other Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under same Act.
The accused pleaded not
guilty to charge read and was granted bail in the sum of N 1, 000, 000 and one
surety in like sum. The surety must be a civil servant not below grade level
12.
The case was adjourned to March 10,
2016 for commencement of trial.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media
& Publicity
15th
January, 2016
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