A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State on Monday sentenced a former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Gabriel Daudu, to 154 years imprisonment for N1.4 billion fraud and money laundering.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment found Daudu guilty on 77 out of the 208 count charged preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) through its prosecutor, Wahab Shittu.
Daudu, who once served as the Caretaker Chairman of the Ogori/Mangogo Local Government Area of Kogi State between January and July 2008, had been standing trial alongside a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Kogi State, Albert Adesina since April, 2010.
The EFCC had charged the defendants for offences bordering on conspiracy, advanced fee fraud and money laundering to the tune of N1.4billion.
While co-defendant, Adesina was discharged and acquitted, Justice Ekwo sentenced Daudu to two years imprisonment on 77 counts.
The convict Gabriel Daudu, will however spend two years in jail as the sentence on each of the 77 count will run concurrently.
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