Former Council Chairman To Face 31 years In Jail For N97m Fraud

Federal High Court in Gombe State has convicted a former council chairman, Samuel Bulus Adamu, and sentenced him to 31 years in prison for alleged N97m fraud.

The EFCC Gombe zonal office secured the conviction in a matter presided over by Justice N. I. Afolabi.

Adamu, a former chairman of Show gonna Local Government Area (LGA) of Gombe State, was arraigned on March 9, 2015 on a seven-count charge bordering on fraud, cheating and money laundering to the tune of N97.6 million.

When the charges were read to him, he pleaded “not guilty” to them, thus prompting the EFCC to prosecute him for more than five years.

During the trial, prosecution counsels, A. M. Labaran and A. Y. Muntaka called four witnesses and tendered several exhibits, in order to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.

The EFCC investigated the case and established that Adamu committed the offence, hence his prosecution and conviction.