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A Federal High Court in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital on Monday convicted a former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Gabriel Daudu, of money laundering and sentenced him to two years imprisonment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Monday, found Daudu guilty on 77 out of the 208 counts pressed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.


Daudu, who served as the Caretaker Chairman of the Ogori/Mangogo Local Government Area of Kogi State between January and July 2008, had been standing trial since April, 2010 alongside a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Kogi State, Albert Adesina.The charges pressed against them by the EFCC bordered on conspiracy, advanced fee fraud and money laundering involving about N1.4bn. But while Daudu was convicted on 77 counts and sentenced to two years on each count to run concurrently, Justice Ekwo, however, discharged and acquitted Adesina, who was only charged with one count.

Daudu’a trial started first before Justice Adamu Bello of a Federal High Court in Abuja before it was later transferred to the Lokoja Division of the Federal High Court before Justice Ekwo, where Daudu and Adesina were re-arraigned twice on amended charges. The prosecution counsel, Mr. Wahab Shittu, fielded 13 witnesses and tendered 47 exhibits to prove the charges against Daudu. Though Daudu, through his lawyer, Mr. O.J. Onoja (SAN), called seven witnesses in a bid to prove his innocence, the court however found him guilty as Justice Ekwo held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.

Late last year, the EFCC had expressed fear over the possibility that the case could start afresh after Justice Ekwo announced that the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, had asked Justice P.M. Ayuba of the Lokoja Division of the court to take over the case.

But following the plea by the EFCC, through its lawyer, Shittu, asking Justice Auta to review the decision, the case file was returned to Justice Ekwo, who eventually delivered judgment on Monday, convicting Daudu and sentencing him to two years imprisonment.

http://www.punchng.com/corruption-war-ex-lawmaker-jailed-for-n1-4bn-fraud/

yes.
one after the other

Good!

Thumbs up, though 2yrs too small.

Im of the opinion such crime should be given a harsher judgement.

The name Dauda, hmmm.

Weldone, Judiciary.

wailing zombies will be happy because the thief got a slap on the wrist. yeye supporters of thieves

Oh my God , kogi state again?......2 years is too small .....he shld have at least sentence him to 21 years.

Please justice umar of CCT please emulate justice ekwo for better Nigeria.

Please, is he returning N1.4b and serving his prison term or the N1.4b is gone.?

I need to understand this. If not the two together, it means. I will warm up to partake in the National cake.

The zoo is a joke

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Guseh:
"But while Daudu was convicted on 77 counts and sentenced to two years on each count to run concurrently..."

Op, try and modify the headline, he was actually jail for 154yrs and not t2yrs.
lets do the math, he was convicted on 77 counts and sentenced to two years on each count.
That is 77*2=154yrs

thumbs up to the Judge because this is pretty good for our democracy and the fight against curruption, sure Saraki's own is loading.

Cc: Lalasticlala

But they are to run concurrently....meaning two years but he will eventually spend a year only... ...Nigeria I bow o....

Two years imprisonment for looting, if na one Kan thief, forget they go give him life imprisonment

Only two years?

2 or 145yrs??

Serves him right. Saraki may just increase the number of his marabout.

Guseh:
"But while Daudu was convicted on 77 counts and sentenced to two years on each count to run concurrently..."

Op, try and modify the headline, he was actually jail for 154yrs and not t2yrs.
lets do the math, he was convicted on 77 counts and sentenced to two years on each count.
That is 77*2=154yrs

thumbs up to the Judge because this is pretty good for our democracy and the fight against curruption, sure Saraki's own is loading.

Cc: Lalasticlala

Nah...you need a lesson on civic education
BTW, I'd take 7 yrs in jail to keep N1.4bn cos that translates to N200 million/yr

If it were a poor man the jail term won't run concurrently.

A poor man who steals a goat would be sent to 10 years imprisonment while a politician Who steals billions spend 2 years in prison. in Nigeria the more money you steal the lesser days you spend un jail.