The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) has filed fees in opposition to Muhammad Umar earlier than Justice Aisha Ibrahim of the Borno State Excessive Court docket in Maiduguri for allegedly defrauding, Abubakar Kaumi, of ₦4.2 million in a fraudulent actual property transaction.
Umar was charged on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the EFCC on two counts of fraudulent transaction and misappropriation.
The EFCC alleged that Umar collected ₦4.2 million from Kaumi below false pretenses that it was for a plot of land in Bolori Ward Maiduguri — a illustration that the EFCC asserted was false.
Umar pleaded not responsible to the counts.
Following the plea, EFCC counsel S.O. Saka then urged the courtroom to set a date for trial proceedings and to additionally remand the defendant in a correctional heart pending the trial.
Justice Ibrahim granted the appliance, ordered Umar to be remanding Umar and adjourned the case to November 3, 2025, for listening to.
