The Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi, has sentenced a former legislative aide and banker, Mohammed Goni Yilkan, to eight years in prison for defrauding job seekers of ₦120.5 million.
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Justice F.E. Messiri delivered the judgment on Monday, September 22, 2025, after finding Yilkan guilty on a two-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence. The offence contravenes Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006, and is punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act. He will serve the term without an option of fine.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Yilkan alongside one Mohammed Adamu in October 2023 following a petition. Investigations showed that between 2020 and 2021, Yilkan deceived over 60 job seekers into believing he could secure employment for them in government agencies, including the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The victims allegedly paid the funds through Mrs. Hindatu Bello, who later petitioned the EFCC when the jobs never materialised.
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During the trial, the prosecution, led by Cosmas Ugwu, called six witnesses and tendered documentary evidence. The defence presented two witnesses, including Yilkan himself.
Justice Messiri held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt, convicted Yilkan, but acquitted Adamu.
The court ruled that Yilkan fraudulently collected the ₦120.5 million under false pretence and neither provided the jobs nor refunded the money, describing it as the beginning of his “journey to the correctional centre.”
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