THE Oyo State High Court has sentenced the Provost of the Federal
Cooperative College, Eleiyele, Ibadan, Adekanye Komolafe and the bursar
of the college, Ruth Aweto, to four years imprisonment each without an
option of fine.
In his three-hour judgment delivered in Ibadan on Tuesday, Justice
Mashood Abass held that the two principal officers of the college were
guilty of abuse of office and misappropriation of funds.
The judge also found them guilty of four out of the eight-count
charge preferred against them in a suit by the Independent Corrupt
Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
However, the convicts would spend one year in prison, as the sentence on the four-count charge would run concurrently.
The ICPC had dragged the two principal officers before the court over
their role in a memo raised to collect money for the payment of
salaries of 41 casual workers, which they presented as permanent staff
of the college.
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