Justice Onome Marshal-Umukoro of the Delta State High Court Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state has jailed one John Adjeke Akpoghene, a staff of the Delta State House of Assembly.
It was gathered that the court sentenced the accused to two years imprisonment over N14.5 million salary fraud.
Akpoghene was charged to court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in a one-count charge.
Justice Marshall-Umokoro, in his ruling, sentenced him to two years imprisonment. He was also given the option of paying a fine of N500,000.
The judge further ruled that the convict continues to make the necessary monthly refunds to the House of Assembly Service Commission.
Earlier, the Counsel to ICPC, Mrs S. Chibuzor, alleged that the convict fraudulently received the total sum of N14,525,550 as double salary over a period of four years from the state assembly and the local government council.
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Chibuzor told the court that the convict committed the offence while working as a state civil servant and a supervisory councillor with Ughelli South Local Government Area simultaneously.
In his defence, Akpoghene argued that he was unaware that it was a crime to have two government jobs and receive salaries from both at the same time.
In another development, a yet-to-be-identified man was reportedly killed in a clash between two suspected rival cult gangs on Tuesday in the Ire Akari Estate of Isolo, Lagos State.
According to a source, trouble started in the area when some people suspected to be members of the Eiye confraternity were forcefully taking an unknown resident and the deceased intervened.
The source said the intervention did not go down well with the gang members who reportedly shot the deceased.
The suspects also smashed their victim’s head with a stone.
“The incident happened on Tuesday night, a few minutes before midnight. I heard that some people came to the area to carry someone who was already inside the vehicle when the victim started questioning them to know why and where they were taking the person to.
“The clash between rival cults in this area is not unusual. A similar incident had occurred in the community two months before Tuesday’s incident. This is not the first time these cult people are fighting; they have fought before and killed somebody,” the source said.
night until daybreak. No suspect has been arrested for now,” Nurudeen simply said.