A Federal Excessive Court docket in Kano has sentenced a lady, Janet Theophilus Danjuma, to 5 years imprisonment for defrauding a sufferer of N22.35 million via a faux funding scheme.
The conviction was secured by the Kano zonal directorate of the {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC) earlier than Justice S. M. Shuaibu.
Danjuma was arraigned Monday, February 16, 2026, on a one-count cost bordering on acquiring cash by false pretence.
The cost acknowledged that the defendant, a employees member of Taj {Bank} Restricted, Nai’bawa department, Kano, fraudulently obtained the sum of N22,350,000 from one Wade Bamaiyi in October 2024 underneath the false declare that the funds can be invested within the {bank}’s Present Account Financial savings Account (CASA) programme.
The EFCC acknowledged that the defendant knew the declare was false and thereby violated Part 1(1)(b) of the Advance Price Fraud and Different Fraud Associated Offences Act, 2006.
Upon her arraignment, Danjuma pleaded responsible to the cost.
Following her plea, prosecuting counsel, Sadiq Huseini, introduced the information of the case, explaining how the defendant deceived the sufferer by exploiting the identify of a professional banking product to realize belief and accumulate the funds.
He urged the court docket to convict and sentence her in accordance with the legislation.
Justice Shuaibu subsequently discovered the defendant responsible and sentenced her to 5 years imprisonment with out an choice of superb.
EFCC investigations revealed that Danjuma fraudulently induced the sufferer to spend money on a non-existent scheme, falsely claiming the funds can be channeled into the Taj {Bank} CASA programme.
Nevertheless, the fee traced your entire sum to her private {bank account}.