Justice K. Dagat of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State, has convicted and sentenced three illegal bureau de change operators to one year imprisonment each.
They were arraigned on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count separate charge for operating illegal bureau de change businesses.
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The defendants: Buba Ahmadu Aliyu, Mohammed Mustapha, and Muhammad Zarami were arrested for operating bureau de change businesses without an appropriate licence.
They pleaded “guilty” to the charges and Justice Dagat thereafter convicted and sentenced them to one-year imprisonment with an option of N100,000 each.
