Justice J.J Majebi found Mr Atte guilty on seven out of the 11 counts of the charges against him, according to a statement by the ICPC on Friday.
It added that his offence is contrary to and punishable under Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000 .The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has secured the conviction of Zachaeus Atte, a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria.
The convict who is to serve a total of 19 years jail term, was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment each on counts 1 and 3 without an option of fine, for collecting the sum of=N=11,937,000:00 and=N=8,873,766:85K respectively, being money meant for “the raising and distribution of Oil Palm Sprouted Nuts Seedlings” to cocoa farmers in Kogi State but did not raise nor distribute same.
All the money been recovered are going where exactly?!
Chai naija
he should be jailed for life. the law should be if you steal or embezzle public fund you will be jailed for life when found guilty. then we will begin to take NigeriaGov seriously
1m for each year
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