The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
arraigned one Ibrahim Rabiu and five others before Justice M.
SHITU of Federal high Court Bauchi on a three count charge
bordering on conspiracy, diversion and conversion of good
and received a stolen property to the tune of N5.5 million.
The Suspects Zakari Isa, Nura Garba, Muhammad wada
Ibrahim, Ibrahim Rabiu and one Babawo now at large were
arrested by EFCC operatives in Bauchi and Jos following a
petition by one Alhaji Umaru Sabo of Pantami quarters,
Gombe.
The petitioner alleged that on 28 September, 2015 one of the
suspects, Nura Garba who pretended to be a truck driver
convinced him and he entrusted and gave him a full truck
load of 600 bags of rice worth N5,520,000.00 to be delivered
from Lagos to Suleja, Niger state.
Instead, the suspect
connived with other members of the syndicate and
fraudulently diverted the said goods to Bauchi, sold same and
used the money for personal needs. In his ruling, Justice Shitu
adjourned the case to 28/3/2017 for trial.
However, he granted bail to all the accuse to two reliable
sureties one to be a civil servant of level 12 or a person with
landed property with C of O within the jurisdiction of the cour
