Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria,May 22, 2026
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Dalhatu Yahaya before the Gombe High Court 2 over allegations of a job scam involving the sum of ₦3.5 million.
The suspect was arraigned on Thursday, May 21, 2026, by the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice A.M. Yakubu on two-count charges bordering on intent to defraud.
According to the EFCC, Yahaya allegedly obtained the sum of ₦3,500,000 (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira) from one Abubakar Shuaibu Yakubu under the false pretence of securing employment for him with the Federal Inland Revenue Service.
One of the charges stated that the defendant, sometime in 2025 in Gombe State, knowingly made false representations to induce the complainant to part with the said amount, an offence said to be contrary to Section 1(1) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.
Yahaya pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Following his plea, prosecution counsel J.D. Tortema requested a trial date and asked the court to remand the defendant in a correctional facility. However, defence counsel Yusuf A. Ali informed the court that a bail application had already been filed.
Justice Yakubu subsequently granted the defendant bail in the sum of ₦5,000,000 with one surety in like sum. The court ordered that the surety must own a landed property worth the bail amount, reside in Gombe, and be of good standing in society.
The court further directed that the surety must submit the original documents of the landed property, a valid identity card, and international passport for verification by the court registrar.
The case was adjourned to June 22, 2026, for commencement of trial, while the defendant was ordered to be remanded in the Gombe Correctional Service pending the fulfilment of his bail conditions.
