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Kankani’s journey to the
dock followed a petition by one Dr. Salisu Ahmed of Federal Teaching Hospital,
Gombe alleging that sometimes in June, 2016, he was defrauded by the accused to
the tune N2.3million over a parcel of land situated at Federal Low-cost, Gombe,
which ownership the accused claimed was his, but was later discovered to be a
scam.
Investigation by operatives
of the EFCC revealed that the documents used in the transaction were forged by
the accused person.
Count two of the charge
reads:
“That you, Mallam Umaru
Kankani sometimes between June to September 2016 or thereabout, at Gombe, Gombe
State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did obtain the sum of
Two Million, Three Hundred Thousand Naira only (N2,300,000.00), from one
Dr Salisu Ahmed under the false Pretence that the said sum was for the purchase
of a landed property situate at Federal Low-cost Gombe, Gombe State knowing fully
well that the said landed property does not belongs to you and thereby
committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1)(b) and Punishable under Section
1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006.”
The accused person pleaded
guilty to the charge.
Upon his plea, counsel to
the EFCC, Zarami Muhammad, urged the court “to convict the accused person in
accordance with the law under which he was charged since the High Court has to
conduct summary trial”.
In response, Kankani’s
counsel, M. A. Ghalaya, however, opposed Muhammad’s submission on the grounds
that “the High Court has no jurisdiction to conduct summary trial under
Criminal Procedure Code (CPC)”.
At this point, Justice
Muhammad adjourned to July 18, 2017 to enable the prosecution to respond and
ordered the accused person to be remanded in prison custody.
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