Tuesday 26 April 2016

Court Jails Larmode’s Accuser Three Years

A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced to three years imprisonment, Mr. George Uboh, who accused a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, of diverting loot recovered from suspects.Justice S.E Aladetoyinbo convicted Uboh and sentenced him to three years imprisonment on charges of criminal breach of trust bordering on his roles in converting the vehicles of the defunct Police Equipment
Foundation to his own use.The judge imposed an option of N1m fine on Uboh. Uboh was arraigned by the EFCC on a three count charge bordered on criminal breach of trust involving the sale of PEF vehicles.Uboh paid the N1m fine and was released to go immediately after the judgment was passed.
The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Monday that,  “during cross-examination, he (Uboh) admitted that he did not have any evidence of transfer of ownership of the vehicles from PEF.”

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