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| Prof. Benjamin Ogunbodede. |
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital has
sentenced Prof. Benjamin Ogunbodede, a former Director General of the Institute
of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Benjamin Ogunbodede, to 40
years imprisonment for corruptly enriching himself to the tune of N177 million.
Zacheus
Tejumola, a former Chief Accountant of the institute, was also sentenced to 40
years imprisonment while Clement Adenose, another staff, bagged four years in
jail.
In a judgment delivered by Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, the
trio were convicted based on the overwhelming evidence against them.
“There is no
ambiguity in the facts tendered by the prosecution that the three convicts
conspired, converted and stole the hazard allowance of N177 million belonging
to the staff of IAR&T,” Ayo-Emmanuel said.
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