The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a Maiduguri-based businessman, Bilal Muhammad, before the Borno State High Court over an alleged N600,000 fraud involving the sale of a tricycle, popularly known as Keke Napep.
Muhammad was arraigned on Monday, September 7, 2026, by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the EFCC before Justice B.T. Zanna on a two-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation and obtaining money by false pretence.
The anti-graft agency alleged that Muhammad, the Chief Executive Officer of GDF Homes Sale Enterprises Limited, collected N600,000 from a petitioner in 2025 under the guise of supplying a tricycle but allegedly failed to deliver the vehicle or refund the money.
One of the charges alleged that the defendant obtained the money under the pretext of selling a Keke Napep, an offence said to be contrary to provisions of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
Muhammad pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to him in court.
Following his plea, EFCC counsel, A.D. Abdulmalik, asked the court to fix a date for trial and remand the defendant in the custody of the Commission pending the commencement of proceedings.
Justice Zanna subsequently adjourned the case until September 22, 2026, for the commencement of hearing and ordered that Muhammad be remanded in the EFCC facility.
The EFCC said the defendant was arrested following a petition alleging that he received an aggregate sum of N600,000 intended for the purchase of a tricycle but failed to provide the vehicle or return the money.
The arraignment forms part of the Commission’s ongoing efforts to prosecute alleged cases of financial fraud and obtain redress for victims.
