Justice Abdullahi Yusuf of Katsina State
High Court, has convicted and sentenced one
Nasiru Yahaya Gusau (alias Nasiru Succer) of the Ministry of Finance, Gusau,
Zamfara state to 29 years imprisonment on a 9-count charge bordering on forgery
and criminal breach of trust preferred against him by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Yahaya, a serial fraudster, was alleged
to have diverted seven truck-load of fertilizer (4, 200 bags of fertilizer) meant
to be delivered at Yola, Adamawa state to own use.
When the charge was read to him, he
entered a not-guilty plea.
Count one of the charges read, “That
you Nasiru Yahaya ‘M’ on or about the 14th day of March, 2011 at Funtua within
the Judicial Division of the High court of Justice Katsina state being
entrusted with certain property, to wit; 1, 800 bags of fertilizer worth the
sum of Nine Million Naira only (N9, 000, 000.00) by Ibrahim Dogo, did commit
criminal breach of trust in respect of the said property and thereby committed
an offence punishable under Section 311 of the Penal Code”.
In his Judgment, Justice Yusuf stated
that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and found the
accused person guilty of all the nine count charges, and therefore sentenced
him to 4 years each on counts 1 and 2 and a fine of N1m; and 3 years each on
counts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
The convict is also due to be arraigned
on another charge bordering on fraud by the EFCC. He was served with the fresh
information, moments after he was convicted by Justice Yusuf.
It will be recalled that the EFCC is
challenging the acquittal of the convict by Justice Bello Muhammed of
Zamfara State High Court in another matter where he was docked
for alleged diversion of 36 trucks loaded with fertilizer worth N68,000,000
(sixty eight million naira) for personal use.
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