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Justice Inyang Ekwo said the prosecution had proved the seven-count charge preferred against him beyond reasonable doubt.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja had, in a judgment on May 22, 2018, reversed an earlier decision of Justice Abuabakar Talba of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which convicted him on three counts and gave him an option of fine at N250,000 per count.

Bawa said this during a sensitization programme in Abuja, on Tuesday, on the eradication of pension fraud in the country.

Ndume, who is standing as surety for Maina, revealed this to Justice Okon Abang following the ex-Pension boss’ absence in court for the third time, which had stalled the ongoing trial.

In August last year, the Oyo State Government discovered a pension fraud in its Local Government Service Pensions Board totaling, at the initial stage, N2,608,398,709.29 but which later skyrocketed to N6.4 billion

The NLC, in a statement by its acting President, Kiri Mohammed, said organised labour was startled by the judgment that sent Yusuf to jail for two years with a N250,000 fine option