A former NDDC Commissioner has been convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment by an Akwa Ibom State High court for stealing 56 transformers meant for oil producing communities in the state.

Pastor Godwin Moffat Eyo is a former Commissioner representing Akwa Ibom State on the board of the intervention agency, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

The convict, who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 56-count charge that borders on stealing and conversion of 56 electricity transformers released to him by NDDC for distribution to communities in Akwa Ibom state, was found guilty on 37 of those counts by Justice Idongesit Ntem B. Isua.

He was sentenced to three years imprisonment on each of the counts but discharged and acquitted on 19 counts. The sentences are to run concurrently.

The convict was said to have applied for 90 (Ninety) electricity transformers and four generators from NDDC for Akwa Ibom State sometime in February, 2006.

Approval was given for 70 (Seventy) transformers but he diverted same to his house in Eket on the pretext that there was no space to accommodate the newly issued 70 units of transformers at the NDDC office in Uyo.

He thereafter sent only 14 Units to NDDC office in Uyo while he withheld 56 units which he could not account for till date.

The 56 transformers are valued at Two Hundred and Twenty million, One hundred and Seventy Six thousand, Three hundred and Twenty Naira (N220, 176, 320).

One of the count reads, “That you Pastor Godwin Moffat Eyo being a former Akwa Ibom State representative on the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on or about 14th April, 2006 at Uyo in the Uyo Judicial Division did fraudulently steal a 300 KVA/33/0.415 Transformer Serial No. 1712496 valued at Four Million, Eighteen Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty Naira (N4,018,560.00), property of NDDC and thereby committed an offence of stealing contrary to Section 399 and punishable under Section 404 of the Criminal Code Cap. 38, Volume 2, Laws of Akwa Ibom State, 2000”.


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somebody will still come here to type:the fear of buhari,forgetting that GEJ is still the president,and that the case have been in court even before the elections.

Though i still believe the major people that are suppose to be jailed are working freely promising Nigeria heaven on earth,while others with no impunity are used to prove that we have a court.

For the records: i do not support corruption of any form,but double standards will only make Nigeria be in a vicious circle,were out of 100 only 2 are punished,because they can be touched,this spells doom for a country.

Good for him!

CHANGE has come to stay with Buhari! !!

, just 3years What's wrong with all this judge sef, after depriving people of light and power for this long 56 transformers kilode






Awon eyan buru o,see his face like idi amin

ok....welcome development

two hundred and twenty milla.
mhen if you cant steal money, steal transformer. lol.
good for him

No more protection?The beauty of change

Medley:
somebody will still come here to type,the fear of buhari,forgetting that GEJ is till the president,and that the case have been in court even before the election.

Though i still believe the major people that are suppose to be jailed are working freely promising Nigeria heaven on earth,while the small thieve is used to prove that we have a court

Your thoughts and writing are classic examples of how corruption can destroy someone's brain. It is no surprise that you are a supporter of GEJ.

If these stolen funds had been rightly used, there would have been sufficient funds to employ and train qualified teachers who would in turn teach you spellings and tenses.

I guess you are a Nursery2 dropout, betterr enrol in one of the Almajiri schools that GEJ built.

The 56 transformers are valued at Two Hundred and Twenty million, One hundred and Seventy Six thousand, Three hundred and Twenty Naira (N220, 176, 320).

"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop

A man steal billions and get three years another steal a mobile phone and get what?

The jailing has begin.

1dafu

Ndi madu!!

More people will follow him when the General officially takes over.

And some pple that stole billions are free and also flying private jets .....diaris God ooo

Mekybliss:
The jailing has begin.

I thought they said nothing was being done on corruption by Jonathan

tomorrow someone will say my pastor told me this, told me that, smh

The jail is going to be full this time around because all this thieves will be taking there one by one

Nigerians are the real problems of nigeria,

Later they will come on nairaland to abuse our president?

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha...

Hehehe ;DHehehe

Why are we this way in this country?? Haba!!

This is pure wickedness.

Everything he do,na GODWIN

Ole,

just a mere 3yrs jail term?...kai wallaihi, Nna eeh adim veli disappointed eziokwu.

Pastor Pastor, was it a revelation to you that you need to steal those transformers? Well IMO the 3 years is just too small for him, maybe 20years would have been much better so as to make others know there is no more covering of corrupt politicians even if you are a pastor or imam ko kan aiye

Corruption won't take the Niger delta, or any part of this country anywhere. I expect our Niger delta brothers to start moving past tribal sentiments and start calling their leaders and representatives to question about how they are handling the resources meant for the region. As at now, the better part of Nigeria's income goes to that region, but it seem to me that a lot of their representatives are too self minded to be selfless and patriotic to their region.

Pastor indeed.