Bribery: Supreme Court upholds jail term for Kwara poly governing board chair

Date: 2021-06-19

The Supreme Court has validated the 12-year jail term handed down to a former Chairman of the Governing Council of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Saadu Alanamu, by the Kwara State High Court.

In an unanimous decision of its panel led by Uwani Abba-Aji, the Supreme Court struck out all the grounds of appeals as "incompetent, misconceived and lacking in merit".

A statement issued Friday by the Independent Corruption Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), which prosecuted the case stated that the apex court, based on its findings, affirmed Mr Alanaumu's conviction and the 12-year jail term imposed on him.

ICPC's statement signed by its spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, said Mr Alanamu was nominated in 2017 into the board of the ICPC before he was dropped following allegations of corruption.

Mr Alanamu was investigated by ICPC on allegations of receiving N5 million bribe from a contractor, Salman Sulaiman, the Chief Executive Director of Namylas Nig. Ltd, as a kickback for the award of contracts in the polytechnic.

They were subsequently tried before the judge, Mahmud Abdulgafar, of Kwara State High Court, in Ilorin, on eight counts of bribery.

They had pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

But the court during trial was informed of how Mr Alanamu ensured that the contract for the construction and furnishing of an auditorium in Kwara State Polytechnic, at the cost of N182.3 million, was awarded to a company belonging to his friend when it was not qualified to execute the contract.

PREMIUM TIMES had reported in 2019 how the lower court convicted Mr Alanamu alongside Mr Sulaiman, for collecting and giving a bribe respectively.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ayegbeni     Photo News     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Rihanat Ajia     Eleyele     Khairat Gwadabe     Salami Adekunle     Radio Kwara     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Tosho Yaqub     Olateju Lukman     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Kwara State Sports Commission     Emir Of Yashikira     Musibau Akanji     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Kwara State Government     Fola Consultant     Adamu Atta     Ita-Ore     Shehu Salau     Elekoyangan     Neo Mundo Ltd     Ahmed Dankaya     Ohoro Of Shao     Mogaji Aare     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Atunwa     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     EndSARS     Dagbalodo     NIPR     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Balogin Alanamu     SSA Youth     Ilorin.Info     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Amosa     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Baba Isale     Nurudeen Mohammed     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Onilorin     Ahmed \'Lateef     Offa Descendants Union     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Moronfoye     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Saba Mamman Daniel     Adesoye College     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Voices Of Tomorrow     Tunji Moronfoye     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Offa Metropolitan Club     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     11th Galadima     Modibbo Kawu     Apado     Kwarareports     Sam Okaula     Gambari     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Alaaya     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Mohammed Haruna     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Kisra     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Funmilayo Zubair    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

NITDA     Ilorin International Airport     Ganiyu Abolarin     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     SSUCOEN     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Stephen Fasakin     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Popo-Igbonna     Senate President     Harrison Osauwagboe     Forgo Battery     Sola Saraki University     Danhawa     Ibrahim Abikan     National Democratic Congress     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Igbaja     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Jalala     CT Ayeni     AGM Professional Services     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     KWASEIC     MalHub     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Muazam Nayaya     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Jide Oyinloye     Yekeen Alabi     Babaloja-General     Kulende     Sardauna     Sa\'adu Gambari     Logun     Oko Erin     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Mohammed Yisa     Igosun     Ahmed Alhasssan     Talaka Parapo     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Musa Aibinu     Sanusi Abubakar     Baaziki Sulaiman     Akume     Coronavirus     ENetSuD     Kola Ologbondiyan     Hakeem Idris     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Jelili Yusuf     Segun Ogunsola     Adebayo Salami     Charles Ibitoye     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Adama Isa     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Toyin Falola     Salaudeen Oyewale     Overland     Lai Mohammed     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Garba Ado Sanni     Roheemat Hammed     Woro     Ahmed Bayero     Centre For Digital Economy     National Party Of Nigeria     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Olaosebikan     M.Y. Abdulrahaman