The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Mustapha Idris before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri over an alleged N1 million fraud.

Idris was brought before the court on Tuesday, July 1, by the EFCC’s Maiduguri Zonal Directorate on a one-count amended charge of criminal misappropriation.

According to the charge, Idris allegedly misappropriated N1 million belonging to Salisu Waziri in 2023 under the guise of investing in grain trading—an investment the EFCC says was fictitious.

The charge reads:
"That you, Mustapha Idris, sometime in 2023, in Maiduguri, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly misappropriated the sum of N1,000,000.00 belonging to Salisu Waziri purportedly as money for grain investment, a claim which you knew to be false, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 296 of the Borno State Penal Code Law and punishable under Section 297 of the same law."

Idris, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Following his plea, prosecuting counsel Aliyu D. Abdulmalik requested that the defendant be remanded and a trial date be fixed.

Justice Kumaliya granted the application, adjourning the case to July 10 for trial and ordered Idris to be held at the Maiduguri Correctional Centre.