A Business Centre Operator in Kano Metropolis, Shamsu Sani was on Friday arraigned and accordingly remanded in correctional centre over his alleged role in the theft of N96.2 million from Kano State Shari’ah Court Bank account domiciled in one of the commercial banks.
According to the First Information Report, the defendant criminally conspired with Sani Ali Muhammad “m”, Sani Buba Aliyu “m”, Bashir Baffa “m”, Garzali Wada “m”, Hadi Tijjani Mu’azu “m”, Alkasim Abdullahi “m”, Yusuf Abdullahi “m”, Mustapha Bala Ibrahim “m”, Jafar Ahmad “m”, Adamu Balarabe “m”, Aminu Abdulkadir “m”, Abdullahi Suleiman Zango “m”, Garba Yusuf “m”, Bashir Ali Kurawa “m” and Hussaina Imam “f” to act jointly and created 15 fake civil servants’ death benefit files and fraudulently siphoned funds to the tune of ninety six million, two hundred and fifty thousand Naira (N96,250,000.00) that was remitted by the Kano State Pension Fund Trustee to the bank accounts of Kano State Sharia Court and stole the said amount through eight Sharia Courts under the Kano State Sharia Court of Appeal without the consent and knowledge of the authorizing authority.
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Sani was not before the court when his co- defendants were earlier arraigned and accordingly remanded in correctional centre.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge, contrary to Sections 97, 79, 315 and 289 of Penal Code Law.
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The counsel to the defendant, Barrister Yahaya Satatima applied for his bail ,which was refused by the Presiding Magistrate Mustapha Sa’ad Datti, upon raising objection by Kano State Counsel, Zaharaddeen Hamisu Kofar Mata.
It was gathered that the Defendant was alleged to have played a role in making and printing the forged letterhead papers of the Kano State Sharia Court of Appeal.
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He is also alleged to been the one that typed all the names and bank accounts, used to steal the funds on the forged letter head paper.
Similarly, Sani was also alleged to have provided his personal bank account and other people’s bank accounts used in stealing the funds from Kano State Sharia Court of Appeal Bank domiciled in one of the Commercial Banks.
