EFCC Official Sentenced to Seven Years In Jail Over Fraud His conviction pursued a trial on two counts connected to fraudulent intent and obtaining money under simulated pretenses, amounting to N35,000,000 (Thirty-five Million Naira), presided over by Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court.
Though the defendant pleaded not guilty to both charges when they were presented to him, the court delivered its judgement of captivity.
One of the charges states: “That you, Abdulrahman Bulama, on or about June 2023 in Kano, within the jurisdiction of the Kano State High Court, with the intent to defraud, obtained N20,000,000 (Twenty Million Naira) from Safiyanu Abdullahi of Tauraro and Property Limited by falsely claiming to be an auctioneer with the consent and authority of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to auction a fenced, uncompleted building at Rijiyar Zaki, Kano. You knew this representation to be falsified, thereby committing an offense contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offenses Act, 2006.”
In light of his plea, the prosecution, represented by caution Musa Isah, proceeded to a full trial, during which three witnesses testified against the defendant, who presented himself as the sole witness in his defense.
After the trial’s conclusion, Justice Saminu, pressurised by the compelling evidence presented by Isah, measured the defendant guilty on the second bill while acquitting him of the leading.
In light of this governing, Isah implored the court to impose a suitable sentence on the defendant.
The defense attorney appealed to the court for leniency, noting that the defendant was a PhD student at Nasarawa State University.
Consequently, Justice Saminu sentenced the defendant to seven years of captivity without the option of a small.
Additionally, the judge mandated that the defendant pay N35,000,000 (Thirty-Five Million Naira only) in restitution to the victim.
The court further stipulated that failure to make this payment would result in an additive seven years of confinement.
Bulama’s path to incarceration started when the Commission received a complaint implicating that he impersonated an auctioneer appointed by the EFCC to sell properties forfeited to the Federal Government on behalf of the Commission.
During this scheme, Bulama reportedly defrauded his victims of N35,000,000 by falsely claiming to sell them a truck and an unfinished building in Kano.
Bulama is a repeat offender who was previously looked into by the Commission and convicted by the Kano State High Court on June 28, 2021, for a homoousia crime involving obtaining money under imposter pretenses.
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Published 3/14/2025