By Kasim Isa Muhammad
Aisha Malkohi and her husband, Abubakar Mahmoud (currently at large), have been arraigned in Kano State High Court for allegedly defrauding two individuals of N410,518,000.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presented the charges against the couple on December 8th, 2023.
The charges stem from a petition filed by Farida Ibrahim and Ibrahim Abdulrahman, who accused Malkohi and her husband of defrauding them under the pretense of supplying them with cars, gold, electronics, and kitchenware from Saudi Arabia.
One of the charges reads: “That you Aisha Salihu Malkohi and Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud (now at large) on or about 2022 in Kano, Kano State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did obtain the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty-Five Million, Two Hundred and Fifty-Nine Thousand Naira only belonging to Farida Ibrahim between 6th January to 16th December 2022 into account bearing Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud domiciled at Zenith Bank that the said money was paid to you for the purchase and supply of 64 cars, from Saudi Arabia facts which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (a)&(b) and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related offences Act, 2006.”
Malkohi pleaded not guilty to all five charges, and the court adjourned the case until December 15th, 2023, for a ruling on her bail application. Until then, she will remain in EFCC custody.
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