police pension fraud, suspect jailed 2yers for steling N23bn

One of the civil servants accused of complicity in the illegal diversion of the Nigerian police pension Funds of over N40 billion, my John Yakubu Yusufu yesterday, confessed before an Abuja High Court that he connived with the others and stole only about N23 billion.He has since been sentenced to two years imprisonment with an option of N750,000 fine.

 Yusufu who pleaded guilty to a three-count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, begged the court to temper justice with mercy, saying he had already forfeited 32 of his choice property to the Federal Government.

The accused person who was facing trial alongside a Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Atiku Abubakar Kigo and six others, made his confession shortly after the EFCC re-docked them on a 20-count amended charge.