JUST IN: FORMER FUGUS VC PROF. GARBA RECEIVES 35 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FRAUD INVOLVING N260 MILLION

A High Court in Garki, Abuja, sentenced Professor Magaji Garba, the former vice chancellor of the Federal University of Gusau, to 35 years in prison.

He was found guilty of five counts of forgery and acquiring money under false pretenses, and Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu then handed down the punishment.

On October 12, 2021, Garba was charged by members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with extorting money from a contractor under the pretense of giving him a N3 billion contract to build the university’s perimeter wall fencing.

The Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offenses Act of 2006’s section 1 (1) (a) and section 1 (3) both prohibit the offense.