The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has secured a 24-year jail term for Mr Garuba Duku, a retired Director of Finance and Administration with the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council under the Federal Capital Territory Administration, over a ₦318 million fraud
This is according to a statement made available to newsmen by the Director of Public Enlightenment and Education of the commission, Mr Demola Bakare, on Thursday.
The ICPC is one of Nigeria’s principal anti-corruption agencies, established in 2000. Its mandate includes investigating and prosecuting cases of corruption and public financial mismanagement under laws such as the ICPC Act and the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act.
The statement said the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice James Omotosho found Duku guilty on a six-count charge bordering on corruption and money laundering, brought against him by the ICPC in suit number FHC/ABJ/CR/608/2022.
“According to ICPC investigations, between 2012 and 2013, Duku fraudulently diverted ₦318,250,000 belonging to AMMC into his personal account with Fidelity Bank Plc.
“The court heard that the funds were received in several instalments — ₦56.25 million, ₦71 million, ₦53 million, ₦54 million, ₦46 million, and ₦36.3 million — and later transferred to Bureau de Change operators for unauthorized purposes.
“ICPC prosecutors told the court that the transactions violated government financial regulations and that Duku’s actions were “a clear abuse of public trust”, the statement partly read.
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