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Former GM Maiduguri flour Mills Bags 7 Years Imprisonment
Former GM Maiduguri flour Mills Bags 7 Years Imprisonment
By: Babagana Wakil
The court of Appeal Sitting in Gombe on Friday 1st July 2022 sentenced Ma’aji Shettima Arfo the former General Manager of Maiduguri Flour Millis to 7 years imprisonment for stealing millions of Naira belonging to the Borno State Government and the Flour mills of Nigeria while he was the General manager of Maiduguri Flour Mills Ltd .
In a unanimous judgement the court found Arfo guilty of all the charges against him and held his appeal to be unmeritorious.
It could be recalled that a Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, has sentenced a civil servant, Ma’aji Arfo, to 28 years imprisonment for engaging in an N86.1 million contract fraud be Arfo filed an appeal
Arfo, who was sentenced to jail by Justice Haruna Mshellia, of Borno State High Court 3, was the General Manager of the state-owned Maiduguri Flour Mills Limited, where he committed the fraud.
He was charged on a six-count by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for offences bordering on abuse of office and conferring undue advantage on himself.
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The charge sheet showed that Arfo, while acting as the General Manager of the Flour Mill, between 2014 and 2020, engaged in multiple fraud in violation of Sections 12 and 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, punishable under relevant sections of the same Act.
One of the counts on which he was convicted revealed that he awarded multiple contracts to Falkwat Multilinks Limited, a private company where he was a director, to supply diesel and maize to Maiduguri Flour Mills.
Counsel to ICPC, Anas Mohammed Kolo told the court that the convict in October 2015, awarded a N4.9 million contract to Falkwat Multilinks Limited to supply 40,000 litres of diesel to the flour mills.
The court further heard how Arfo, while being a public servant, awarded several contracts between 2016 and 2017 to his private company to supply maize to Maiduguri Flour Mills Limited.
For instance, he authorized the payments of N42.1m to his company in July 2016 for the supply of 386.45 metric tonnes of maize and another N23m to the same company in March, 2016 to supply 306.94 metric tonnes of maize to the flour mills.
A statement on Thursday by the ICPC spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, titled, ‘N86.1m fraud: Civil servant charged by ICPC bags 28 years imprisonment,’ said he was convicted for yet another offence when he approved the payment of N16m to Falkwat Multilinks to supply 217.45 metric tonnes of maize.
The statement read, “Justice Mshellia at the end of the trial found the general manager guilty of four counts out of six preferred against him and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment on each count. The judge ruled that the prison terms will run concurrently.
Former GM Maiduguri flour Mills Bags 7 Years Imprisonment
Gunmen Kidnap Several Individuals in Zangon Kataf LGA
By: Zagazola Makama
Unidentified gunmen reportedly invaded a Fulani settlement (ruga) in Dusten Bako Village, Ikulu Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, on the night of April 3, 2025, at approximately 9:30 PM.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the attackers abducted an unspecified number of individuals, whisking them away to an unknown destination.
Upon receiving the distressing news, security forced, mobilized immediately to the scene to assess the situation.
Efforts to track down the perpetrators and ensure the safe rescue of the kidnapped victims are currently underway.
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Bandits Kill Father and Son, Abduct CPG Member in Zamfara
By: Zagazola Makama
On April 4, 2025, a tragic incident occurred along the Bungudu-Duhuwa Road in Zamfara State, where a father and son, Garbati (Fnu) and his son Abubakar Babuga Garbati, were attacked and hacked to death by unknown assailants.
The attackers also stole their motorcycle. The police were promptly alerted, and the bodies were transported to the General Hospital Bungudu for autopsy before being released to their family for burial.
Later that same evening, around 1830hrs, a group of approximately 20 armed bandits ambushed members of the Community Police Guards (CPG) stationed at a checkpoint between Sauna and Gidan Kano along the Sokoto-Gusau highway.
The bandits overpowered the CPG, abducting one of their members, Asiru Dawa, and taking him to an undisclosed location.
The military forces have since launched an operation to track down the bandits and rescue the abducted CPG member.
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Two Killed in Suspected Militia Attack on Farmland in Taraba
By: Zagazola Makama
The Taraba State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two young men in a suspected militia attack on a farmland in Wukari Local Government Area of the state.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred on Friday morning at about 7:30 a.m. at Mecapacynth area of Wukari, according to a report received from the Wukari Divisional Police Officer.
The sources said that the incident at about 8:30 a.m., stating that four attackers, one of them armed with an AK-47 rifle and suspected to be members of a Tiv militia group, opened fire on the victims while they were working on the farm.
The victims, identified as Masandi Moses Bulus, 21, and Mikhima Moses Basungyu, 19 – both of Jukun ethnic group – sustained fatal gunshot wounds.
Security forces swiftly moved to the scene, took photographs, and evacuated the victims to the Federal University Teaching Hospital, Wukari, where they were confirmed dead by medical personnel.
Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the perpetrators of the attack.
Meanwhile, security operatives have been deployed in the area and are working with community leaders and relevant stakeholders to calm tensions and prevent further escalation.
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