The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a former councillor in Kaduna South Local Government Area, Theophilus Madami, over an alleged N16.08 million fraud.
Madami was re-arraigned before Justice A. Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court on Monday on a one-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, criminal breach of trust and criminal misappropriation.
According to the EFCC, the defendant allegedly obtained 4,020 cartons of pasta products valued at N16.08 million from Ibrahim Ringim Haruna of Pyramid Supplies and Services Limited in November 2018 under the claim that the goods had been requested by Kaduna South Local Government Area, a representation the commission said was false.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Following his plea, prosecution counsel Y.J. Matiyak urged the court to remand the defendant pending trial, while defence counsel B.E. Gwadah made an oral application for bail, which was opposed by the prosecution.
Justice Isiaka adjourned the matter until July 22, 2026, for ruling on the bail application and ordered that Madami be remanded in a correctional facility.
The EFCC noted that the defendant was initially arraigned in 2019 over the alleged offence and that N5 million was recovered from the proceeds of the alleged crime and returned to the victim.
