N1.4bn Fraud: Ex-Kogi Lawmaker Bags 154-Years

A former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly and former Caretaker Chairman, Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of the state, Hon. Gabriel Daudu, has been sentenced to 154years in imprisonment for a N1.4 billion fraud.‎
Daudu who was convicted today, April 25th was first arraigned in April 2010, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a 208 count charge bordering on money laundering and misappropriation of public funds.

Justice Inyang Ekwo, of the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, found Dauda guilty of 77 counts and sentenced him to 2years each of the 77counts and to run concurrently.
In his ruling, the trial judge, held that the prosecution proved its case beyond every reasonable doubt.

Before the conviction of Daudu, prosecuting counsel, Wahab Shittu, tendered various exhibits before the court and fielded 13 witnesses to prove the case against him. It would be recalled that in the course of the trial presided over by Justice Ekwo, had indicated that the trial might have to start afresh as the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, had asked Justice P.M. Ayuba of the Lokoja Division of the court to take over the case.

However, Shittu had pleaded with Justice Auta to review the decision. The Chief Judge, thereafter, returned the case file to Justice Ekwo, who has now found Daudu guilty of the 77 counts.