Borno man sells government land to three people and is charged with fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has charged Mohammed Gapchia-Gana, alias Mamman Shuwa, with three counts of criminal breach of trust and fraud before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri.

The defendant allegedly defrauded three men — Mohammed Hassan, Fati Buba, and Falmata Fali — by selling a plot of land on Damboa Road in Maiduguri to each of them separately.

He was accused of receiving N850,000 from Hassan, N700,000 from Buba, and N650,000 from Fali for the same plot of land.

According to the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, an investigation revealed that after one of the complainants began construction on the land, the Borno State Geographic Information Services demolished the structure on the grounds that the piece of land was a government layout and not owned by the defendant.

As a result, the complainants decided to file a petition against Gapchia-Gana.

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“That you, Mohammed Gapchia Gana, aka Mamman Shuwa, sometime in December 2019, in Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, obtained the sum of N850, 000 from Mohammed Hassan under the false pretence of sale of land at 44G, behind Federal Road Safety Corps office, along Damboa Road, a claim which you knew to be false, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 1(1)(b) of the
According to the statement, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the three counts filed by the anti-graft agency against him.