A man, Gambo Adamu, who swindled N5 million out of his mother-in-law, Sa’adatu Aliyu, with a promise of contracting a marriage between her and former President Muhammadu Buhari, has been jailed in Niger State.
The plaintiff, who is a divorcee, told a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Minna, that Adamu tricked her to part with N5 million with a promise to connect her with Buhari for marriage.
To convince her that he was close to the former president, he placed many imaginary calls to Buhari and later presented to Sa’adatu Aliyu N100,000 cash as pride price, a basket of kolanuts and fried chicken in a bag as gifts from Buhari for the wedding fatiha.
After waiting for days and didn’t see Buhari to pick her from Minna to Daura, Katsina State as his new wife, she approached the court to get justice.
Sa’adatu Aliyu added that the convict also told her to set up a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with her as chairperson while he, Gambo Adamu, would serve as the spokesman, promising her that she would get support from federal and state governments, in addition to allocation of slots for Hajj.
The Magistrate, Ibrahim Musa Zago, sentenced Gambo Adamu to 12 months in prison for cheating, contrary to Section 322 of the Penal Code, with an option of N100,000 fine.
He also ordered the defendant to pay N2m as compensation to the complainant.
