A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto and presided
over by Justice Hannatu Sankey has sentenced the Chairman of the Zamfara
State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Murtala Adamu Jengebe to
a cumulative jail term of 41 years.Jengebe was convicted by the court
after the appellate court found him guilty on the seven out of the 10
counts for which he was earlier acquitted at the Federal High Court,
Gusau, Zamfara State.In the lead judgment of the Court read by Justice
Habeeb Abiru, the earlier acquittal of the embattled Chairman by a
Federal High Court in Gusau was set aside.The appalate court held that
the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt seven out of the ten
counts of the money laundering charge brought against him by the EFCC.
He was consequently sentenced to five years imprisonment on each of four
of the counts and seven years each on three other counts
respectively.However, the Court ordered that the sentences shall run
concurrently.It would be recalled that on the 12th day of May 2017, the
Federal High Court sitting in Gusau presided over by Justice Z.B
Abubakar discharged and acquitted the convict on the 10 counts charge of
Money Laundering but convicted him for engaging in private business
while he was still in public service. An offence he was never charged
for by the Commission.Dissatisfied with the judgement of the lower
court, the prosecution approached the Court Of Appeal seeking it to set
aside the judgement of the lower court.Appeal court sentence Zamfara UBEC chairman to 41 years in jail
A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto and presided
over by Justice Hannatu Sankey has sentenced the Chairman of the Zamfara
State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Murtala Adamu Jengebe to
a cumulative jail term of 41 years.Jengebe was convicted by the court
after the appellate court found him guilty on the seven out of the 10
counts for which he was earlier acquitted at the Federal High Court,
Gusau, Zamfara State.In the lead judgment of the Court read by Justice
Habeeb Abiru, the earlier acquittal of the embattled Chairman by a
Federal High Court in Gusau was set aside.The appalate court held that
the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt seven out of the ten
counts of the money laundering charge brought against him by the EFCC.
He was consequently sentenced to five years imprisonment on each of four
of the counts and seven years each on three other counts
respectively.However, the Court ordered that the sentences shall run
concurrently.It would be recalled that on the 12th day of May 2017, the
Federal High Court sitting in Gusau presided over by Justice Z.B
Abubakar discharged and acquitted the convict on the 10 counts charge of
Money Laundering but convicted him for engaging in private business
while he was still in public service. An offence he was never charged
for by the Commission.Dissatisfied with the judgement of the lower
court, the prosecution approached the Court Of Appeal seeking it to set
aside the judgement of the lower court.
