Federal pay officer sentenced to 127 years imprisonment for alleged fraud
A federal pay officer, Lawal Olusegun, has been sentenced to 127 years imprisonment by a high court for diverting N103 million infrastructural development and meal subsidies funds of three federal government colleges.
- ICPC arraigns a federal pay officer, Lawal Wilson Olusegunon, on a 24-count charge bordering on abuse of office and embezzlement of public funds
- The commission says the accused was found guilty on all the 24 count charge
- EFCC re-arraigns Dasuki’s ally for alleged N600 million fraud
A federal pay officer, Lawal Wilson Olusegun, has been sentenced to 127 years imprisonment by a high court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun state, for diverting N103 million infrastructural development and meal subsidies funds of three federal government colleges.
The Guardian reports that Olusegun was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) before Justice Olatokunbo Majekodunmi on a 24-count charge bordering on abuse of office and embezzlement of public funds.
According to the charge sheet, the suspect was accused of embezzling funds meant for feeding of students in Federal Science Technical College, Ijebu-Imushin, Federal Government Girl’s College, Sagamu and Federal Government College, Odogbolu.
Spokesperson for the commission, Rasheedat Okoduwa, said that the convict was found guilty on all the 24 count charge filed against him.
The commission said the convict conferred corrupt advantage upon himself “when he diverted subsidy monies through his company, Sog Best Concept Nigeria Limited, to his personal use without any authorization, contrary to and punishable under Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000".
The ICPC said it had recovered the sum of N56.1 million from the accused before his arraignment in 2016, which was handed over to the representatives of the affected schools.
Based on the evidence presented before the court, Justice Olatokunbo Majekodunmi sentenced the accused to five years in jail for counts one to 20, for violating Section 19 of ICPC Act 2000.
The court also sentenced him to seven years imprisonment on counts 21 to 23 for contravening Section 12 of the ICPC Act and another three years on count 24 for violating Section 456 of the Criminal Code. All the sentences are without option of fine.
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Meanwhile, the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, March 19, re-arraigned Aliyu Usman, an associate of the embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja.
Premium Times reports that he was re-arraigned on a four–count amended charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N600 million.
NAIJ.com gathered that Usman was initially arranged on October 5, 2017 alongside one Nuru Yahaya and two companies – Leaderettehe Nigeria Limited and Nordeen Global Resources on a 6-count charge of money laundering contrary to Section 15(2) (d) of the money laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as Amended) and punishable under Section (15) (3) and (4) of the same Act.
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Source: Naija.ng