A Yobe High Court has sentenced the auditor general of the state, Idris Yahaya, to 5 years imprisonment for N19,900,000 fraud.
The court found him guilty on a one-count charge of criminal misappropriation.
The Informant247 recalls that Yahaya was on November 9, 2022 arraigned but he pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a statement revealed that the auditor-general received money for the purchase of an official vehicle — a Toyota Corolla model 2015 — and used part of the funds to his personal use.
”That you, Yahaya Lawal Idris, being the Auditor General for Local Government, Yobe State, between the 20th to 21st day of May, 2017 at Damaturu, Yobe State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, received the sum of N19,900,000.00 via your personal account number 1001480930 with account name Alhaji Yahaya Idris domiciled in United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) from the Local Government Audit Account Number 5030030060 domiciled in Fidelity Bank Plc for the purchase of a brand new Toyota Corolla 2015 Model, did dishonestly misappropriated the gross sum of N10,100,000.00 (Ten Million, One Hundred Thousand Naira) only,” the charge sheet reads.
The trial judge, Muhammad Lawan, held that the prosecution proved its case and the defendant got convicted as charged.
Lawan ordered the convicted auditor-general to refund the sum of N10,100,000 in restitution to the government of the state through the EFCC or bags additional 2 years in prison.