Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

N264m Diezani Bribe: Court Convicts INEC Staff, Fixes Jan 25 for Sentencing

Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted Christian Nwosu and Tijani Inda Bashir, both officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for an alleged N264,880,000 (Two Hundred and Sixty Four Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira) only fraud. The defendants were re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 7, 2018 on an amended nine-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N264, 880,000. One of the counts reads: “That you, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke (still at large), Christian Nwosu…