CRIME
Former Bauchi Deputy Director of Lands Jailed for Land Scam
Justice Abubarka Muazu of Bauchi State High Court, on February 21, 2022 convicted and sentenced a former Deputy Director of Planning in Bauchi State Ministry of Land and Survey, Ibrahim Aliyu to twenty-seven months imprisonment for obtaining money by false pretences and cheating.
Justice Abubarka Muazu of Bauchi State High Court, on February 21, 2022 convicted and sentenced a former Deputy Director of Planning in Bauchi State Ministry of Land and Survey, Ibrahim Aliyu to twenty-seven months imprisonment for obtaining money by false pretences and cheating.
He was convicted following a two-count charge brought against him by the Gombe Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Aliyu sometime in May 2015 dishonestly induced one Mustapha Bala to deliver to him the sum of One Million, One Hundred Thousand Naira (N1,100,000) for sale of a plot of land situated at BSADP Quarters, Bauchi which belonged to His Royal Highness, Usman Bilyaminu Usman, the Emir of Dass, without his consent.
He pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced accordingly to three months with the option of N50,000.00. (Fifty Thousand Naira only) fine on count one and two years imprisonment with an option of N100,000 fine (One Hundred Thousand Naira) only fine on count two.
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