Ade Adesomoju, AbujaThe Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the conviction and sentencing of a former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly and ex-Caretaker Chairman, Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of the state, Gabriel Daudu, for N1.4bn fraud. Daudu was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before the Federal High Court in April 2010. But the Court of Appeal, Abuja, in its judgment delivered on March 1, 2017 upheld the decision of the trial court and dismissed the appeal for “lacking in merit.”The convict then appealed to the Supreme Court. But in its judgment on Friday, a panel of five Justices of the Supreme Court, resolved all the issues against the appellant and accordingly dismissed the appeal. With the Supreme Court judgment, Daudu, who had been on bail, is expected to return to serve his sentence.

Source: Punch January 27, 2018 09:33 UTC