Justice Mohammad Maina of the Borno State High Court convicted and sentenced Ijai Jampi to one-year imprisonment for criminal misappropriation. 

In a statement on Tuesday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said the convict was first arraigned on August 11, 2025, on a one-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N6,660,000.

The charge alleged that the convict dishonestly misappropriated and converted the funds belonging to the petitioner, Eneh Chinedu, which was payment meant for the supply of borehole plumbing materials. 

According to the charge, Mr Jampi used the funds to execute a contract he secured with a Non-governmental Organisation, Gold Prime Organisation.

The EFCC cited Section 296 and Section 297 of the Borno State Penal Code Law and other connected matters (No. 3, Vol. 48, Law 2023), respectively.  

The anti-graft agency said the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge, prompting the EFCC counsel, A.D. Abdulmalik, to proceed to trial, presenting six witnesses and tendering several documents before the court as exhibits in proof of the case.

The judge convicted and sentenced Mr Jampi to one year’s imprisonment with a fine of N200,000. 

The judge further ordered him to pay the petitioner N6,660,000 or, in default, serve an additional year in prison.