Katsina water agency official jailed for diverting funds

By Ogalah Ibrahim

A precocious tribunal successful Katsina State has sentenced a elder authoritative of the Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority (SRRBDA) to 5 years successful situation for diverting 305,000 naira successful rent proceeds, the country’s anti-graft committee said connected Wednesday.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said Rabiu Musa Matazu, the agency’s Director of Administration, was convicted by a Katsina State High Court connected 4 counts of maltreatment of bureau and breach of trust.

ICPC prosecutors told the tribunal that Matazu collected 305,000 naira ($200) successful rent proceeds from a subordinate, which helium converted to idiosyncratic use. But the fishy denied the charges.

One of the charges work successful part: “That you, Rabiu Musa Matazu, successful October 2014, utilized your presumption arsenic Director of Administration to confer unfair vantage upon yourself by receiving the full sum of ₦305,000, proceeds from rent collected connected behalf of SRRBDA, which you converted to your idiosyncratic use.

“Matazu pleaded not guilty, but aft a three-year trial, Justice Abbas Bawule recovered him blameworthy connected each counts. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment oregon an enactment of ₦20,000 good connected 3 counts, and 5 years imprisonment without an enactment of good connected the 4th count. The sentences volition tally concurrently.”

Justice Abbas Bawule sentenced him to six months successful situation oregon a 20,000 naira good connected 3 counts, and 5 years without the enactment of a good connected the fourth. The presumption volition tally concurrently, ICPC said.

Nigeria, Africa’s astir populous nation, has struggled for decades to curb corruption successful nationalist institutions, with watchdogs informing that anemic enforcement continues to undermine spot successful government.

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