Ex-Poly Staff Jailed 15 Years For Converting Study Grant To Personal Use
A dismissed academic staff of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, Mr. Muhammed Sani Nuhu, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for conferring corrupt advantage on himself to the tune of Six Million, One Hundred and Seventy-Three Thousand, Four Hundred Naira (N6,173,400), belonging to the Polytechnic.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) filed a 4-count charge against him before Hon. Justice Hassan Usman of the Kebbi State High Court, Birnin Kebbi Judicial Division.
According to the Commission, Mr. Nuhu conferred a corrupt advantage on himself when he converted into personal use the sums of Two Million Naira (N2,000,000:00) in 2015 and Four Million, One Hundred and Seventy-Three Thousand, Four Hundred Naira (N4,173,400:00) in 2016.
The monies were a special grant given to him to attend an International Conference in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, and the first tranche of payment advanced to him for a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Programme at the University of Technology Malaysia respectively.
In a Charge No. KB/HC/4C/2020, Counsel to ICPC, Mr. Mashkur Salisu, had told the Court in a trial that lasted for two years how the convict refused to embark on the said Programme and converted the money to his personal use, which is punishable under Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 as well as Section 311 of the Penal Code, and punishable under Section 312 of the Penal Code Law (Cap 89) Laws of Northern Nigeria 1963.
In his judgment, the trial judge found the convict guilty on counts one to three and dismissed count four leveled against him. He sentenced him to five years imprisonment on each of the three counts.
The Court also held that the convict makes a restitution of the sum of Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N6,500,000:00) being the proceed of the crime to the Federal Government. The sentences are to run concurrently.
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