‘Mama Boko Haram’, Associates Sentenced To 14 Years Over N11 Million Contract Scam

‘Mama Boko Haram’ and his associates have been sentenced to 14 years over N11 Million contract scam.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that a Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has once again convicted and sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil, widely known as Mama Boko Haram, along with her associates Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode, to 14 years imprisonment each for their roles in a fraudulent N11 million contract scheme.

The judgment, delivered on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, by Justice Aisha Kumaliya, follows a prolonged trial initiated after the trio was arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on September 14, 2020.

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The convicts, who held executive positions at the NGO Complete Care and Aids Foundation—with Wakil as CEO, Daura as Programme Manager, and Shoyode as Country Director—were prosecuted on two counts of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence.

According to a statement released by EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale, the defendants fraudulently obtained ₦11 million from Muhammed Ambare of Muhammed Ambare Ventures in July 2018, under the pretext of supplying and servicing two X-ray machines—a contract that was later revealed to be fictitious.

One of the charges read:

“That you, Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu Daura, Prince Lawal Shoyode, and Saidu Mukhtar (now at large), with intent to defraud, obtained N11,000,000.00 from one Muhammed Ambare under the false pretence of executing a contract for the supply, installation, and servicing of two units of X-Ray Machine Model 1800, which you knew to be false…”

The defendants had pleaded not guilty, leading to a full trial during which the EFCC, represented by Mukhtar Ali Ahmed and S.O. Saka, presented both testimonial and documentary evidence to prove its case.

Justice Kumaliya found the defendants guilty on both counts and sentenced them to seven years on each charge, to run concurrently—bringing their total sentences to 14 years each.

Additionally, the court ordered the convicts to jointly refund ₦8 million to the complainant. Failure to make the repayment will result in an additional seven years imprisonment.

This latest conviction adds to a growing list of legal setbacks for Wakil, whose reputation as a humanitarian and peace advocate in Nigeria’s North-East has been repeatedly undermined by multiple fraud-related convictions in recent years.