Aisha Alkali-Wakil, popularly called ‘Mama Boko Haram’, was found guilty and given a seven-year prison sentence by the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri. Tahiru Saidu-Daura and Lawal Shoyode were also found guilty.
They were charged with conspiring and defrauding for N34,593,000 on three counts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) Maiduguri Zonal Command.
Wilson Uwujaren, a spokesman for the EFCC, said in a statement that Justice Aisha Kumaliya delivered the verdict on Monday, finding the defendants guilty on all three charges.
“Delivering judgment today, Justice Kumaliya found the defendants guilty on the three counts and convicted them accordingly,” the statement read.
“On count one for the offence of conspiracy, the court hereby sentences you, Aisha Alkali-Wakil, Tahiru Saidu Daura, and Prince Lawal Shoyode to five years imprisonment each without an option of fine.
“While on count two and three of the charge, Aisha Alkali-Wakil and Tahiru Saidu Daura are to go to prison for seven years each without an option of fine.”
The court sentenced Wakil to pay the sum of N25,805,000 or serve seven years in prison, while Daura was ordered to pay the sum of N8, 788,000 or serve seven years in prison, according to the EFCC spokesman.
“Wakil and Daura are to jointly pay the sum of N 7,184,250 for the items supplied to their office or go to jail for three years each,” Uwujaren added.
Meanwhile, the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) members attacked a Boko Haram enclave over the weekend, continuing what appeared to be their ongoing rivalry conflict. Six of them were reportedly killed in the raid.
ISWAP had quietly invaded the Boko Haram terrorists’ residence in Gajibo, a hamlet 95 kilometres northeast of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, and killed six people they deemed to be “infidels.”