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A
five-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto and presided over by
Justice Hannatu Sankey has sentenced the Chairman of the Zamfara State
Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Murtala Adamu Jengebe to a cumulative
jail term of 41 years.
Jengebe
was convicted by the court after the appellate court found him guilty on the
seven out of the 10 counts for which he was earlier acquitted at the Federal
High Court, Gusau, Zamfara State.
In
the lead judgment of the Court read by Justice Habeeb Abiru, the earlier
acquittal of the embattled Chairman by a Federal High Court in Gusau was set
aside.
The
appalate court held that the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt
seven out of the ten counts of the money laundering charge brought against him
by the EFCC. He was consequently sentenced to five years imprisonment on each
of four of the counts and seven years each on three other counts respectively.
However,
the Court ordered that the sentences shall run concurrently.
It
would be recalled that on the 12th day of May 2017, the Federal High Court
sitting in Gusau presided over by Justice Z.B Abubakar discharged and acquitted
the convict on the 10 counts charge of Money Laundering but convicted him for
engaging in private business while he was still in public service. An offence
he was never charged for by the Commission.
Dissatisfied
with the judgement of the lower court, the prosecution approached the Court Of
Appeal seeking it to set aside the judgement of the lower court.
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