The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is gearing up to arraign Abubakar Garba Dandare, a former registrar of Zamfara State Upper Sharia Court 1 Gusau, before Justice Bello Shinkafi of Zamfara State High Court in Gusau.
Dandare faces two charges related to the diversion of N3.8 million belonging to the late businessman, Alhaji Ladan Mada, and the forgery of the signature of his next of kin, Aminu Mada, on the Court Cash Deposit Register.
In a court case numbered ZMJ/GS/13C/2024 filed by the EFCC, Dandare stands accused of diverting N3,837,634.46, a retention fee paid by Zamfara State Ministry of Finance for the family of late Alhaji Ladan Mada on December 4, 2012, during his tenure as the Registrar of Upper Sharia Court 1, Samara Gusau, Zamfara State.
Additionally, he is charged with forging the signature of Aminu Mada, the next of kin of late Alhaji Mada, on the Court Cash Deposit Register of the Upper Sharia Court 1, Samaru Gusau, Zamfara State, with the intention to unlawfully access the sum of N3,837,634.46 belonging to the deceased.
According to EFCC, Dandare’s actions constitute the offence of Criminal Breach of Trust as outlined in sections 311 of the Penal Code CAP 89 Laws of Northern Nigeria 1963, and punishable under section 312 of the same law.
