The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned Yau
Gital, who was a former Chief of Staff to the then Minister of the
Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed, before an FCT High Court in
Gudu on 10 counts of N192m fraud.
Other accused persons arraigned alongside Gital were his former
Special Assistant as Chief of Staff to the minister, Shuaibu Yakubu;
the Managing Director of Jibmir Ventures Nigeria Limited, and the
company itself.
Gital, who was also a member of the Land Allocation Committee,
Federal Capital Territory Administration, allegedly conspired with
Yakubu, and Tahir to obtain money from various unsuspecting persons
under the pretext of using the money for processing and facilitation of
land allocation by the FCDA.
All the accused persons pleaded not guilty to all the counts when they were taken before Justice Abubakar Talba on Monday.
One of the counts read, “That you, Yau Mohammed Gital, being the
Chief of Staff to the Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory and member of the Land Allocation Committee, Federal Capital
Territory Administration, Shuaibu Yakubu, being a former Special
Assistant to the former Chief of Staff, Jibril M. Tahir, being the
Managing Director of Jibmir Ventures Nigeria Limited and Jibmir Ventures
Nigeria Limited sometimes between September 2012 to March 2014 in Abuja
within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital
Territory Abuja, with intent to defraud, conspired to do an illegal act,
to wit: obtain monies by false pretences from various unsuspecting
persons under the false pretence that the said monies was for the
processing/facilitation of land allocation by the Federal Capital
Development Authority which you knew to be false and thereby committed
an offence contrary to Section 8 (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other
Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of
the same Act.”
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The accused persons’ counsel, Nura Imam, applied for his client’s bail after they pleaded not guilty to the charges.
But Justice Bello ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody pending ruling on the bail application.
The ruling was fixed for July 2.
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