Ex- EFCC staff jailed for stealing exhibits
A former staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Hussaini Abubakar has been sent to jail for stealing exhibits.
Justice S.C. Amadi of the Rivers state High Court, Port Harcourt convicted the ex- staff of the commission and sentenced him to one year imprisonment with N150, 000 option of fine for stealing.
The offence is contrary to Section 383 (1) and punishable under Section 390 of the Criminal Code of Rives state, 1999
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A statement by the acting Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Tony Orilade stated that the defendant was arraigned by the EFCC Port Harcourt zonal office on a three-count charge bordering on stealing.
Count one of the charge reads: “That you, Hussaina Abubakar in 2017 at Port Harcourt did fraudulently steal an exhibit from the forensic section of the EFCC, an exhibit which you knew was recovered in the course of investigation one Lenevo S60-A (daul sim) with serial number HBOGOHAQ with IME slot number 1-866059026043140, worth N18, 000 belonging to one Chuku Nelson Nyegam and thereby committed an offence.”
The defendant pleaded guilty to all the charges, prompting prosecuting counsel, N. A. Dodo to urge the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.
However, the defence counsel M. M. Suleiman prayed the court to temper justice with mercy, as the defendant having been found to be a first time offender and with no previous conviction record, taking into consideration that the defendant is an orphan, a married man and father of a 15-month-old baby, and the bread winner of his family.
