Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Fugitive Bags 12months Jail Term for Fraud

A fugitive, Munir Adamu, has been sentenced to 12months imprisonment for offences bordering on criminal conspiracy and forgery preferred against him and two others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. For over ten years Adamu had been on the run in an attempt to evade prosecution by the EFCC for the alleged offence. The Abuja Geographic Information System, AGIS, had on May 14, 2007 petitioned the Commission, alleging that, “one Husain S. A. Ismaila, a staff of AGIS intercepted one Engr. Nicoholas Agomu with a re-instatement letter in respect of Plot 50, Cadastral Zone B03, Wu…