The
Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeal filed by a
former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly and former Caretaker
Chairman, Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of the state, Gabriel Daudu, asking
that his conviction for a N1.4 billion fraud by a Federal High Court Lokoja be
set aside.
Daudu,
who was prosecuted by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a 208 count charge bordering on money
laundering and misappropriation of public funds, was found guilty of 77 counts
by Justice Inyang Ekwo and sentenced to
154 years imprisonment.
In his
ruling, the trial judge, held that the prosecution proved its case beyond every
reasonable doubt, and therefore, sentenced Daudu to two years on each of the 77
counts to run concurrently.
Dissatisfied with his conviction, Daudu
approached the appellate court praying that his conviction be set aside.
However, in a unanimous decision today,
the Appeal Court upheld the ruling of the lower court and dismissed Daudu’s
appeal as unmeritorious and lacking in merit.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head Media & Publicity
1st March, 2017
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