A civil servant in Oyo State, Ronke Mary Adeleke, has bagged a year imprisonment for official corruption. Adeleke works with Oyo State Ministry of Lands. She was convicted by the Chief Magistrate Court 1, Iwo Road Ibadan. The court was presided over by Magistrate Taiwo Oladiran on Friday.
DAILY POST reports that the Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency secured the conviction of Adeleke.
The commissioner had earlier investigated a case submitted against the accused by a victim from whom she dubiously collected the sum of Six Hundred Thousand Naira . The court on Friday, also ordered that the convict refund the said money to the victim within a month. Adeleke has since been handed over to the officers of the Nigerian Correctional Services.
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