‘Mama Boko Haram’ and his associates have been sentenced to 14 years over N11 Million contract rip-off.
PoliticalNews Nigeria reviews {that a} Borno State Excessive Court docket sitting in Maiduguri has as soon as once more convicted and sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil, broadly often called Mama Boko Haram, alongside together with her associates Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode, to 14 years imprisonment every for his or her roles in a fraudulent N11 million contract scheme.
The judgment, delivered on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, by Justice Aisha Kumaliya, follows a chronic trial initiated after the trio was arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC) on September 14, 2020.
The convicts, who held government positions on the NGO Full Care and Aids Basis—with Wakil as CEO, Daura as Programme Supervisor, and Shoyode as Nation Director—have been prosecuted on two counts of conspiracy and acquiring cash by false pretence.
Based on an announcement launched by EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale, the defendants fraudulently obtained ₦11 million from Muhammed Ambare of Muhammed Ambare Ventures in July 2018, beneath the pretext of supplying and servicing two X-ray machines—a contract that was later revealed to be fictitious.
One of many expenses learn:
“That you just, Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu Daura, Prince Lawal Shoyode, and Saidu Mukhtar (now at giant), with intent to defraud, obtained N11,000,000.00 from one Muhammed Ambare beneath the false pretence of executing a contract for the provision, set up, and servicing of two items of X-Ray Machine Mannequin 1800, which you knew to be false…”
The defendants had pleaded not responsible, resulting in a full trial throughout which the EFCC, represented by Mukhtar Ali Ahmed and S.O. Saka, offered each testimonial and documentary proof to show its case.
Justice Kumaliya discovered the defendants responsible on each counts and sentenced them to seven years on every cost, to run concurrently—bringing their whole sentences to 14 years every.
Moreover, the court docket ordered the convicts to collectively refund ₦8 million to the complainant. Failure to make the reimbursement will lead to an extra seven years imprisonment.
This newest conviction provides to a rising checklist of authorized setbacks for Wakil, whose repute as a humanitarian and peace advocate in Nigeria’s North-East has been repeatedly undermined by a number of fraud-related convictions in recent times.