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Court Sentences Former Minister, Others To Jail
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Court has sentenced former minister, others to jail.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, has sentenced a former Minister of Water Resources, Mrs Sarah Ochekpe, to three months imprisonment.
The court also sentenced a former Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Raymond Dabo, and Evangelist Leo Sunday Jitung to three months imprisonment.
The judgment was delivered by Justice Musa Kurna on Tuesday.
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The three had been standing trial for the past four years on charges bordering on conspiracy and money laundering.
However, the sentence has an option of a fine of N1 million.
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