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The convict and his accomplice, one Abdul Awwal Yahaya, were arraigned on November 18, 2013 for conspiring among themselves to obtain over N2 million from one Mohammed Awwal Ustaz by presenting themselves as agents of Future University in Cairo, Egypt and offering to help secure admission for his children into the University

The accused was arrested on July 17, 2013 at Seme border while trying to cross from Nigeria to Benin Republic after he failed to declare Seven Million, Eight Hundred and Fifteen Thousand CFA (7,815,000 CFA) to Customs. He was transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for further investigation and prosecution

The fraudster, posing as a spirit named ‘Asmau’, based in Niger Republic, convinced his victim into believing that the mystery female voice had powers to establish schools and mosques to propagate Islam but needed a human vessel through which this could be achieved