A former staff of Oceanic Bank, Aliyu Suleiman, who was engaged by the Albasu Community in Kano to take charge of their Microfinance Bank, Albasu Microfinance Bank, was on Wednesday jailed for 195 years by the Kano State High Court presided by Honourable Justice Dije Abdu Aboki.
According to a post on the official Facebook page of the EFCC, the convict was arraigned by the anti graft agency on the September 30, 2014, for allegedly stealing over N21, 000,000 (Twenty one Million Naira only) from Albasu Microfinance Bank.
It was gathered that the accused pleaded not guilty to all the count charge brought against him by the EFCC.
We learnt Suleiman entrusted by the Albasu Community to take charge of their Microfinance Bank, but while in charge, the convict violated that trust and siphoned over N21, 000,000 (Twenty Million Naira) by forging signatures of the other signatories to the funds.
In her judgment on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, Justice Aboki sentenced the convict to serve two years on each of count one to forty four and fine of N300, 000 on each. Where the convict defaults the fine, he is to serve additional six months imprisonment on each count.
From count 45 to 74, Suleiman was sentenced to fine of N500, 000 or twelve months imprisonment on each count while on count 75 to 105, he is to pay fine of N200, 000 or twelve months imprisonment on each count with the exception of count 97 which appeared to be duplication.
The sentences were to run concurrently. The convict was also ordered to restitute the sum of N14, 815,000 (Fourteen Million, Eight Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Naira Only) to the Albasu Community or spend five more years in prison.
