Appeal court jails UBEC chairman 41 years

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.

Mr 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 appellate 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 May 12, 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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Judgement served. Gandollar should be next.

It is fine as justice seems to have been served. The way these public servants abuse trust is alarming. You will see them so rich you would wonder why they aren't on Forbes list of billionaires and what exactly they do apart from their seemingly ill-paying job. We do not only recommend jail but also total recovery of loot and profits cum interests therefrom.

Y not just tag it life Imprisonment?

How old is he now, plus 41years?

Meanwhile, Evans case is still lingering, Ganduje, Amaechi, Orji Uzor Kalu plus others are just feeling very free.

This is Nigeria for you

The Nigerian judicial system is so bleeped up with their concurrent nonsense


Someone steals billions of naira and you jail him for about 7 years because of concurrent law.

I would gladly go to jail for 7 years knowing I have billions in my account

More to go....

This is how it is done in a sane society... Good way to go!

double post

GOOD JUDGEMENT

More to go

Corruption must be tackled before the next level. Kudos to the Court of Appeal

Only 7 years as it were.

Sentence will run concurrently but poor man wey steal maggi go dey cell for 7years awaiting trial

Rubbish judgment. Why should the sentence run concurrently? This means he'll be paroled in 5 or 6 years time. Nonsense judgment

APC government just dey make me laugh

So na just Seven years sentence he will serve for embezzling over #700 million. How I wish the money could be taken back and let him serve just one month.


We can't be losing money like this as a Nation

Where is ICPC?

A very good one....

Some layers in the high court are just too corrupt...imagine this man been acquited initially....

I wound how much have changed hands

PDP will not like diz .... But just try and do ur calculation very well coz av done mine and buari will win

It's a pitiable case

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Finally, justice served

LamidicownuBSS:

APC government just dey make me laugh

Really? With 2 former governors and several former govt officials now jailed for looting?

How many people did the chief looters PDP, under whose nose these reckless lootings happened, jail in their 16yrs in office?

Defenders of looters just full everywhere for this Nairaland.

Sai Baba.

Change.... was to find those that looted Nigeria money....

Nest Level is to invest the money recovered and jail looters.

Buhari sef.

The amount he mismanaged wasn't stated. Good if the court could uphold it but I know it will still be reduce.

Palmer6:
Finally, justice served

Change.... was to find those that looted Nigeria money.... Nest Level is to invest the money recovered and jail looters.

Isoright

Gradually gradually we will get there

Justice came calling.

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