EFCC Secures One-Year Jail Term for Man Over N6.6m Fraud in Maiduguri

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of Ijai Jampi, who was sentenced to one year in prison by the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, over the misappropriation of N6.66 million.

Justice Mohammad Maina handed down the sentence on Monday, November 9, 2026, after finding Jampi guilty of criminal misappropriation.
Jampi was initially arraigned on August 11, 2025, by the EFCC’s Maiduguri Zonal Directorate on a one-count charge bordering on the fraudulent diversion of N6,660,000 belonging to one Eneh Chinedu.

According to the charge, the defendant collected the money in April 2023 as payment for the supply of borehole plumbing materials but diverted the funds to execute a contract he secured with a non-governmental organisation, Gold Prime Organisation.

The offence was said to be contrary to Section 296 and punishable under Section 297 of the Borno State Penal Code Law and Other Matters Connected Therewith (No. 3, Vol. 48, Law 2023).
Jampi pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him, prompting the EFCC counsel, A.D. Abdulmalik, to proceed with the trial.

During the proceedings, the prosecution presented six witnesses and tendered several documents as exhibits to establish its case against the defendant.

In his judgment, Justice Maina sentenced Jampi to one year imprisonment, with an option of a N200,000 fine. The court also ordered him to refund the N6.66 million to the petitioner, Eneh Chinedu, or serve an additional one-year imprisonment in default.

The conviction followed investigations into how Jampi allegedly diverted the money entrusted to him for the supply of borehole plumbing materials for personal use.