A high court in Maiduguri, Borno state, has sentenced Aisha Wakil, popularly known as ‘Mama Boko Haram’, to 14 years imprisonment over an N11 million contract fraud.
Wakil, the chief executive officer of Complete Care and Aid Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, was convicted alongside Tahiru Daura and Lawal Shoyode, the organisation’s programme manager and country director, respectively.
The defendants were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence.
The court held that the EFCC was able to prove its case, and the convicts were sentenced to seven years imprisonment each on both counts, with the prison terms to run concurrently.
The judge also ordered the convicts to jointly and severally restitute the sum of N8 million to the petitioner or serve an additional seven years prison term.
This conviction marks the seventh time Wakil has been convicted in three years, with previous sentences ranging from five to 10 years imprisonment for various fraud cases.
