Kaduna Couple Arraigned For Alleged N10m Land Fraud
THECONSCIENCE NG reports that A couple, Aisha Musa and Farouk Anas, was arraigned before Justice A. Isyaka of the Kaduna State High Court for alleged land fraud totaling N10 million.
The charges, brought by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), border on conspiracy, advance fee fraud, and obtaining money by false pretence.
According to count two of the charges, Aisha Musa Hamisu and Farouk Anas are accused of fraudulently obtaining N10 million from Jamilu Buhari on or about February 17, 2020.
According to a statement on the official X handle of the anti-graft agency, they allegedly claimed to have purchased and possessed a farmland/property located at Birni Yero along the Kaduna-Zaria Expressway, a claim the prosecution states they knew to be false.
The statement reads in part: “The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, July 3, 2025, arraigned a couple, Aisha Musa and Farouk Anas before Justice A. Isyaka of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna for land fraud.
“They were arraigned on two-count charges that border on conspiracy, advance fee fraud and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N10 million.
“They pleaded “not guilty” to the charges, following which prosecution counsel M.O Arumemi asked the court for trial date and for the defendants to be remanded in the custody of the Nigeria Correctional Services, while the defence counsel, Frank Akhareghemen, prayed the court to grant the defendants bail.
“Justice Isyaka after listening to both counsels, adjourned the case till July 24, 2025 for ruling on the bail application and ordered for the remand of the couple in the custody of Nigeria Correctional Service.
“The couple’s road to jail began with a petition by one Aysha Ahmed & Co on behalf of Hajiya Adama Maina, alleging that the defendants fraudulently claimed a property which the petitioner inherited from her late husband and sold the same to one Jamilu Buhari under the false pretence that they bought the property from the petitioner’s stepson, only for the buyer to later discover that the said stepson didn’t have anything to do with the defendants.”
