The federal high court in Sokoto has convicted and sentenced Lukumanu Sani Waziri, an accountant at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), over diversion of N60 million.
The federal high court in Sokoto has convicted and sentenced Lukumanu Sani Waziri, an accountant at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital , over the diversion of N60 millionThe Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission arraigned Waziri on a nine-count charge bordering on fraud and corruption.
The anti-graft agency accused the accountant of using his access to the government-integrated financial information system to alter financial records. Osuobeni Akponimisingha, the ICPC counsel, told the court that Waziri used the platform to transfer government funds into private accounts, including his own and one Monday Michael Adejo.“That you LUKUMANU SANI WAZIRI and Monday Michael Adejo sometime in April 2020 or thereabout, conspired amongst yourselves to take possession of the sums of N6,127,465.75, N8,552,824.60 and 5,939,666.49 totaling N20,619,956.
Delivering the judgment on Friday, M. Abdulgafar, the trial judge, convicted Waziri for seven out of the nine counts against him. The judge sentenced Waziri to one year of imprisonment or a fine of N200,000 each on counts one and two.He was also sentenced to one-year imprisonment each for counts three to five without the option of a fine.
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