The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Gombe Zonal Command has secured the conviction of Muhammadu Buhari, over N8.750 theft.
The anti-grat agency equally picked one Umaru Gabus, an accomplice and arraigned both before Justices S.Y.Abubakar and Fatima Yusuf of Gombe State High Court, Gombe, for failing to report to the Commission or the Police, a cumulative gratification of the said amount.
The duo are former staff of Gombe State Ministry of Finance, Finance Department.
The Offence is contrary to Section 23 (1) and punishable under Section 23(3) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act (2000).
Mohammadu Buhari pleaded guilty to the charge against him and was convicted and sentenced to one-year imprisonment with an option of a fine of N20, 000.00.
He was also ordered to restitute the sum of N700, 000.00 to the Printing Workers Association of Nigeria, Gombe State Branch through the Commission.
Similarly, Umaru Gabus who collected as his share, the sum of N6, 050,000.00, was sentenced with a fine of N50, 000 and ordered to pay the sum of N5, 850,000.00 as restitution.
Investigation revealed that the convicts sometimes between November 2014 and January 2017 were offered gratifications to add more fake names on the Printing Union Platform to enable the Union to collect more dues from the Gombe State Government.
It was discovered that when the excess funds were collected it was shared among them.
