The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, arraigned one Salihu Yusuf Wavah before Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri.
The defendant was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation involving the sum of ₦20,000,000 (Twenty Million Naira).
Count one of the charge reads: “That you, Salihu Yusuf Wavah, sometime between 9 June 2024 and 11 June 2024 at Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did dishonestly misappropriate and convert to your own use the sum of ₦20,000,000 (Twenty Million Naira) transferred into your bank account, Account No. 0725428710, domiciled with Access Bank Plc, a property belonging to one Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, and thereby committed an offence of criminal misappropriation contrary to Section 296 of the Borno State Penal Code Law and Other Matters Connected Therewith, 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, prayed the court for a trial date and requested that the defendant be remanded in prison custody.
Justice Maina adjourned the matter until February 9, 2026, for trial and ordered that the defendant be remanded in prison custody pending the determination of the case.
Wavah was arrested for allegedly diverting ₦20 million meant for the purchase of a property. He allegedly neither delivered the property to the petitioner nor refunded the money.
