For allegedly defrauding Aisha Alkali Wakil, a member of the defunct Presidential Committee on Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, three fake Boko Haram leaders were Wednesday arraigned before the Maiduguri High Court.
The suspects, Kalama Abba, Babagana Mallam Saje and Abba Sadiq (alias Sheik Abbas), have been accused of defrauding Wakil to the tune of N70 million.
The three had told the committee member that they could convince others to drop arms and embrace dialogue.
They allegedly received N10 million and N2.5 million were paid on the first date of their meeting with Wakil. She further gave them more money which totaled N70million.
But as the suspects asked for more, Wakil said she could no longer meet up with their financial demand. The men, however, threatened her with the aim of extortion.
During their appearance in court yesterday in Maiduguri, the accused persons were arraigned on four count charges.
In the first-count, the accused persons, together with Sheik Mohammed Alkali, Sheik Abdulaziz, Mohammed Alkali, Zanna Alkali and Babayo Mohammed, all of them now at large, were alleged to have conspired to do illegal act by fraudulently and dishonestly inducing the complainant to deliver to them N70 million and also threatened her life.
They all pleaded not guilty to all charges when the charge sheet was read by the presiding judge, Aisha Mohammed Ali.
Ali adjourned the case to January 28, 2014, for further hearing and remanded the accused persons in prison custody.
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