The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, arraigned Salihu Yusuf Wavah before Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, over allegations of fraud.
Wavah faces a two-count charge of criminal misappropriation involving N20,000,000 (Twenty Million Naira) transferred into his bank account but allegedly diverted for personal use.
The funds were intended for the purchase of a property from one Alhaji Ahmadu Bello.
According to the first count, between June 9 and June 11, 2024, Wavah “dishonestly misappropriated and converted to your own use the sum of N20,000,000 transferred into your bank account with Access Bank Plc, a property belonging to Alhaji Ahmadu Bello,” contrary to Section 296 of the Borno State Penal Code Law, 2023, and punishable under Section 297 of the same law.
The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when they were read to him. Counsel to the prosecution, Faruqu Muhammad, requested that the court set a trial date and remand Wavah in custody.
Justice Maina adjourned the matter to February 9, 2026, for trial and remanded the defendant in prison custody pending the determination of the case.
