JUSTICE: Police Pension thief gets proper sentence; to serve 6 years in jail, refund N23b
John Yusuf, the pension thief who five years ago, was given a slap on the wrist by Justice Abubakar Talba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court for stealing N32.8billion police pension money, has finally gotten his deserved sanctions.
The Court of Appeal Abuja Division on Wednesday jailed him six years and also asked him to refund N22.9billion.
Justice Talba had earlier sentenced Yusuf to two years in jail, with the option of paying a fine of N750,000. The judgment triggered national outrage.
The ruling by the appellate court was the climax of the appeal by the EFCC.
The five grounds of the appeal bordered on the exercise of discretion of the Judge in imposing sentence on Yusuf who pleaded guilty to the three count charge, in which he admitted converting an aggregate sum of over N24 billion of Police Pension fund into his personal use.
The prison sentence will run consecutively and the fine is to be cumulative.
