Borno Director, Usman Abaji sent to prison, on Monday, June 22, for Obstruction for Obstruction of Justice

The assistant director in Borno State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Usman Abaji was sent to six months imprisonment for obstruction of justice by Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court.

The convict was prosecuted by the Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on one- count charge of willful obstruction of the Commission to exercise its powers to investigate and prosecute in a matter involving one Ibrahim Goni Bama, contrary to Section 38 (2) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (establishment) Act.

The Commission arrested the said Bama based on investigations that linked him with financial crimes but had to release him on administrative bail to Abaji, who stood as a surety for him.