worth more than the dollar. At 26, he became the youngest Nigerian to receive the National Merit Award during the Ibrahim Babangida-led military administration in 1986.
But all that took a dramatic turn penultimate Thursday with his conviction by the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court which sentenced him to 12 years imprisonment for N7.65 billion fraud while he held sway as Abia State governor. A few days after he landed in prison, one of his business associates was said to have paid him a sympathy visit but was shocked at the pitiable picture cut by the former governor, who was said to be wearing a pair of bathroom slippers.
Thank God you can still eat what you want and not prison food because you have means.
Now, he'll know that crime does not pay. We need more of these people who stole Nigerians' patrimony in jail. They're the reasons we are we where we are today.
Stop talking n enjoy ur stay
Such is life
😀😀😂😂😀😀😁😉 waiting for presidential pardon
Bringing him to Kuje Correctional Centre is to allow him VIP treatment & daily home cooked meals! This is rigging his prison sentence & granting him soft landing bcz he’s a politician! HM raufaregbesola. Please ensure that Kuje isn’t turned into a convicted politicians haven..
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