Crime
PDP Leaders In Bauchi Bags Jail Terms For Receiving Bribe To Sway 2019 Election
A federal high court has sentenced Saleh Gamawa and Aminu Gadiya, PDP chiefs in Bauchi state, to prison for accepting more than N142 million to sway the 2015 presidential election.
Following their arraignment on a two-count charge brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the two PDP leaders were sentenced to prison (EFCC).
The pair was initially charged on June 4, 2018, and was then charged again on October 16, 2018. When they were arraigned, they entered a “not guilty” plea.
EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwajuren said the PDP Chieftains were found guilty of receiving money “well in excess of the legal threshold designated by law”.
Justice Hassan Dikko sentenced the defendants to two years at the Bauchi Correction Service with an option of a fine of N3 million each in lieu of imprisonment on count one.
Gamawa bagged another two years imprisonment or a fine of N3 million in lieu of imprisonment on count two.
