A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced two ex-officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Christian Nwosu and Tijani Bashir, to seven years’ imprisonment each.
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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday convicted two ex-officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Christian Nwosu and Tijani Bashir, charged with N264.8 million gratification and money laundering.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that ex-INEC official was arrested after Wednesday’s proceedings in another criminal case at the Federal High Court in Lagos.
Nwosu, who is a former Administrative Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Kwara State, spoke while testifying in a trial-within-trial before Justice Mohammed Idris.
A prosecution witness, Timothy Olaobaju, said that the money was paid to Nwosu and Adedoyin in cash
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had charged a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, and three officials of INEC for money laundering