Yobe auditor general gets five years jail term for fraud | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News ⬇️
Yahaya was convicted after being pronounced guilty of a one-count charge of criminal misappropriation of funds to the tune of N19, 900,000.00 preferred against him by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The one-count charge reads: ”That you, Yahaya Lawal Idris, being the Auditor General for Local Government, Yobe State, between the 20th to 21st day of May 2017 at Damaturu, Yobe State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, received the sum of N19,900,000.
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