Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Fraudster Bags 7 Years for N20m Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today November 6th, 2017 secured the conviction of one Mohammed Yusuf before Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar of the Federal High Court Gusau, Zamfara State. The convict was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment on each of the eleven count charge preferred against him by the EFCC. Upon his arraignment on April 8, 2013 the convict pleaded not guilty to the eleven count charge, but after more than four years of trial, the convict approached the commission with a plea bargain proposal which was accepted and both parties came to an agreement. The convict had de…