Justice Mohammad Maina of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on Monday, 9 November 2026, convicted and sentenced Ijai Jampi to one year imprisonment.
Jampi was first arraigned on 11 August 2025 by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one count charge of criminal misappropriation amounting to N6,660,000 (Six Million Six Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira).
The charge stated that on or about April 2023 in Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of the court, Ijai Jampi dishonestly misappropriated and converted to his own use the aggregate sum of N6,660,000 belonging to Eneh Chinedu. The sum was payment meant for the supply of borehole plumbing materials which he used to execute a contract he secured with a non governmental organisation, Gold Prime Organisation. The offence is contrary to Section 296 and punishable under Section 297 of the Borno State Penal Code Law and other Matters Connected therewith (No. 3 Vol. 48 Law 2023).
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him, prompting the EFCC counsel, A. D. Abdulmalik, to proceed to trial. He presented six witnesses and tendered several documents before the court as exhibits in proof of the case.
Justice Maina thereafter convicted and sentenced Jampi to one year imprisonment with an option of N200,000. The Judge further ordered him to pay the petitioner the sum of N6,660,000 or, in default, serve an additional one year imprisonment.
Jampi’s journey to the correctional centre began when he fraudulently collected the sum of N6,660,000 for the execution of a contract he secured with Gold Prime Organisation and diverted the money to his personal use.
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