The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the manager of Salam and Sabur Petrol Station, Muhammad Yaqub Ramat, for a ₦5 million fraud in Maiduguri.
EFCC disclosed that Ramat was arraigned by its Maiduguri Zonal Directorate before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court on Monday, July 14, 2025.
The Commission stated that Ramat was prosecuted on a two-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of ₦5 million.
The charge reads: “That you, Muhammad Yaqub Ramat with National Identification Number 22537195891 sometimes in 2024 whilst being the manager of Salam and Sabur Filling Station at Maiduguri Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly misappropriated and converted to your own use the aggregate sum of ₦5,000,000.00 (Five Million Naira), money belonging to Tahir Umar, being amount given to you for investment into Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) and Diesel DPK which you converted to your personal use without his consent thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 296 of the Penal Code Law and other matters connected therein and punishable under Section 297 of the same Law.”
The defendant pleaded “not guilty” when the charge was read to him. Consequently, prosecution counsel, Shamsudden O. Saka requested a trial date and for the defendant to be remanded in a correctional centre.
Justice Kumaliya adjourned the commencement of hearing to August 5, 2025, and ordered the remand of the defendant in the Maiduguri Correctional Centre.
