A serving deputy director of the Niger State Ministry of Land Transportation, Mr Umar Shehu Farouk, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the
Niger State High Court in Minna for demanding and receiving gratification of N11 million from a contractor.
The convict was first arraigned in July 2020 on a seven-count charge bordering on gratification and conferment of corrupt advantage upon self, allegations to which he pleaded not guilty, thereby setting the tone for the long trial. The prosecution explained to the court how the convict had received money on different occasions, sometimes in tranches of N100,000, N500,000, and N400,000. to the tune of N11 million from one Oyabambi Bolaji Stephen on behalf of Boyabam Services Global Limited in exchange for a contract.
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