INEC Deputy Director Bags 6-Year Jail Term Over Diezani's Bribe. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 1, 2019
ADeputy Director of the Independent National Electoral  Commission , Auwal Jibrin has bagged a six-yearjail term for benefiting from N45 million bribe of a former Minister ofPetroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke in the build-up of the 2015 Presidentialelection.
Jibrinwas charged on a six-count charge before Justice Yusuf Birnin-Kudu of theJigawa State High Court on a six-count charge bordering on unlawful enrichmentand gratification alongside one Garba Ismaila who will get seven years jailterm.
Astatement released by the anti-graft agency says, “The Economic and FinancialCrimes Commission, EFCC Kano zonal office on Friday, June 28, 2019 secured theconviction of a Deputy Director of the Independent National ElectoralCommission, INEC, Auwal Jibrin and one Garba Ismaila, before Justice YusufBirnin-Kudu of the Jigawa State High Court sitting in Gumel, on a six-countcharge bordering on unlawful enrichment and gratification.