[VANGUARDNGR] A Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has again convicted and sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, alongside her associates Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode, to 14 years imprisonment each for a contract scam involving N11 million.
Justice Aisha Kumaliya delivered the ruling on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, following a protracted trial that began after the trio was arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on September 14, 2020.
The defendants, who served as Chief Executive Officer, Programme Manager, and Country Director respectively of the NGO, Complete Care and Aids Foundation, were charged with two counts of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence.
According to a statement released Wednesday night by the EFCC Spokesman, Dele Oyewale, the convicts fraudulently obtained N11 million from one Muhammed Ambare of Muhammed Ambare Ventures in July 2018 under the guise of supplying and servicing two X-ray machines — a contract which turned out to be fictitious.
Count two of the charge stated:
''That you, Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu Daura, Prince Lawal Shoyode, and Saidu Mukhtar (now on the lam), with intent to defraud, obtained N11,000,000.00 from one Muhammed Ambare under the false pretence of executing a contract for supply, installation, and servicing of 2 units of X-Ray Machine Model 1800, which you knew to be false—''
The defendants initially pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." , prompting the case to proceed to full trial. The EFCC, represented by prosecutors Mukhtar Ali Ahmed and S.O. Saka, presented a witness and submitted documentary evidence to support the case.
Justice Kumaliya found the three guilty on both counts, sentencing them to seven years on each count, to run concurrently — amounting to 14 years each. Additionally, the court ordered them to jointly refund N8 million to the petitioner or face another seven years behind bars in default of payment.
The case marks yet another legal blow for Wakil, who has faced multiple fraud-related convictions in recent years, despite her once-prominent public image as a humanitarian and peace advocate in the North-East.
[FREEMALAYSIATODAY] At least 17 soldiers were killed in northern Nigeria when button men stormed three army bases, security sources and a local official said today, the latest assault in a region plagued by violence.
Armed gangs operating in the northwest, known locally as bandidos, typically engage in kidnapping for ransom and target security forces.
The Nigerian army confirmed the attacks yesterday but did not provide details.
''Sadly, some gallant warriors paid the supreme price in the day-long battles while four troops maimed in action are currently receiving treatment for their gunshot wounds,'' the army said in a statement.
Two security sources said button men launched surprise attacks on the army's forward operating bases in the Kwanar Dutse Mariga and Boka areas in Niger state and another base in neighbouring Kaduna state, battling troops for several hours.
The sources and Abbas Kasuwar Garba, chairman for Mariga district, said all 17 fatalities were at the Kwanar Dutse Mariga base.
''It was an ambush. They (button men) came from nowhere and used heavy ammunition to attack,'' said a Niger-based army officer.
The Nigerian army said it launched counter-attacks, killing several button men.
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[GUARDIAN.NG] Four persons have been killed while 10 others sustained injuries when an Isuzu vehicle conveying passengers from Damboa to Maiduguri, Borno State rammed into an improvised bomb (IED) suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... terrorists.
The incident, which occurred around 3:30pm, involved a Suzuki pick-up truck that ran over an improvised bomb.
Confirming the attack, Borno State Police Command's spokesperson, ASP Nahum Daso, said the injured victims had been rushed to the state Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri for treatment.
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Togo: The people have taken to the streets against President Faure Gnassingbé, driven by widespread corruption, insecurity, and deepening social issues in the country.
[GEO.TV] The death toll from the latest Israeli attacks across the besieged territory has now risen to 72, Al Jazeera reported, citing sources at hospitals in Gaza.
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[FREEMALAYSIATODAY] At least 17 soldiers were killed in northern Nigeria when 
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
