The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Gambo Mohammed before the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri over an alleged N13.65 million land fraud.
Mohammed was brought before Justice Babagana Shettima on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, on a four-count charge bordering on money laundering and criminal misappropriation involving N13,650,000.
According to the EFCC, the defendant allegedly obtained the sum from one Umar Abubakar under the pretense of selling two plots of land located at Dubai Musari Ward, opposite Maimalari Barracks in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State.
One of the charges stated that Mohammed, also known as Modu Gambo, fraudulently collected the money as payment for the plots of land despite knowing the representation to be false.
The charge reads in part: “That you, Gambo Mohammed (a.k.a Modu Gambo), sometime in 2025, within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court, with intent to defraud, did obtain the sum of N13,650,000.00 from one Umar Abubakar, purportedly as purchase price for two plots of land situated at Dubai Musari Ward opposite Maimalari Barrack of Jere Local Government, Borno State, which you knew to be false.”
Mohammed pleaded not guilty to all four counts when they were read to him in court.
Following his plea, prosecuting counsel A.D. Abdulmalik asked the court to fix a date for trial and requested that the defendant be remanded in a correctional facility pending the hearing of the case.
Justice Shettima subsequently adjourned the matter until July 13, 2026, for a pre-trial conference and ordered that Mohammed be remanded at the Maiduguri Maximum Correctional Centre.
The EFCC alleged that the defendant diverted the N13.65 million he received for the purported land transaction to personal use, leading to investigations and his eventual prosecution.