A
Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna presided over by Justice Evelyn
Anyadike today October 27, 2016 convicted one Aminu Ya'u, a former
cashier of Giwa Local Government Area, Kaduna state for money
laundering. The court found the accused guilty on two counts of money
laundering and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment on each count. However,
following the plea for mercy by his counsel, D.G. La'ah and submissions
of the prosecution counsel M. S. Abubakar that the court should be
guided by the recently enacted sentencing guidelines, the judge directed
that the effective date of the sentence should be July 2012 when the
convict was first arraigned before the court.
Ya
‘u was accused of running private business enterprise in the name and
style of YUZAFA GLOBAL LINK through which he executed contracts in the
LGA and deployed the proceeds for the acquisition of choice properties
in Zaria, Kaduna state and establishment of a bakery, block industry and
sachet water factory, among others.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
27th October, 2016
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