Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on May 16, 2017
arraigned the duo of Buhari Fannami and Ba-Kura Abdullahi on two
separate one count charge before Justice M. T Salihu of the Federal High
Court Maiduguri, for allegedly giving false information to the agency
under the whistle blowing policy.
Buhari Fannami had misled the EFCC
with the information about illegally acquired monies purportedly buried
at the residence of one Ba’a Lawan but the info turned out to be
false after the execution of a search warrant, while, Ba-Kura Abdullahi
also gave false information to the effect that large sum of money in
naira and foreign currencies were buried in the residence of Ba’a Lawan.
The
charge against Fannami reads, “That you, Buhari Fannami on or about the
8th day of May, 2017 at Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction
of this Honourable Court, did make statement to Officers of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission under the Whistle Blowing
policy to the effect that large sums of money being the proceeds of
crime were buried in the residence Ba’a Lawan at Pompomari Layout along
Pompomari Bypass, Maiduguri which information/statement you knew to be
false and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under
sections 39 (2) (a) and 39 (2) (b) of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (Establishment) Act 2004 respectively”.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges. Justice Salihu adjourned the matter to June 7 and 8, 2017 for hearing and ordered them to be remanded in the prison custody.