BREAKING: Court Finds Two INEC Staff Guilty of N264m Bribe

By Dipo Olowookere

Two employees of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been found guilty of the court.

On Thursday morning, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos declared the former INEC Administrative Secretary in Kwara State, Mr Christian Nwosu, another staff of the commission, Mr Tijani Bashir, guilty of money laundering.

Justice Mohammed Idris said the two persons were guilty of the 9-count charge levelled against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which arraigned them.

They were accused of taking bribe to the tune of N264 million from former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, in 2015.

“I find that the prosecution has proved the case beyond reasonable doubt in the manner required by law.

“I, therefore, find the first and second defendants guilty as charged,” Justice Idris held. However, the court adjourned till noon of Friday, January 25, 2019, for sentencing of Mr Nwosu and Mr Bashir.