Justice Jude Dagat of the Federal High Court, Maiduguri has convicted and sentenced one Habila Dzarma Ishaku to nine years imprisonment.
Ishaku was re-arraigned on November 5, 2024 by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, on two-count charges bordering on money laundering and cybercrime to the tune of N12,000,000.00.
“That you, Habila Dzarma Ishaku between 2023 and 2024 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court did directly take possession of aggregate sum of N12, 000,000.00 (Twelve Million Naira) into your Opay Digital Services Ltd Account No. 814640****, Habila Dzarma Ishaku, being the naira equivalent value for the Cash App, Pampay & Gift Cards denominated in United States of America Dollars that you fra¥dulently received, which sum you knew or reasonably ought to have known is proceeds of your fra¥d or form part of proceeds of an unlawful act to wit: your false representation of unsuspecting foreign nationals like; Ilyase; Ilyase with social media account ilyase.