Garuba Mohammed Duku, a former Director of Finance and Administration with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has received a 24-year prison sentence.
The Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced him to prison on Friday after finding him guilty of the six counts of money laundering that the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, or ICPC, had brought against him.
After considering the facts and documents presented by ICPC during the trial as well as the testimony of the witnesses, Justice James Omotosho found Duku guilty of stealing from the FCTA and punished him appropriately.
Duku was sentenced to four years for each of the six offences after the judge found him guilty.
Judge Omotosho decided that the sentence run concurrently, meaning the convict will only serve four years in prison starting on October 3, 2025, in response to the criminal’s fervent request for clemency and the fact that he was a first offender.
The judge offered the offender a N1.6 billion fine to be paid to the Federal Government in lieu of jail time, so he may avoid going to jail.
Duku, who worked for the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) as Director of Finance and Administration, was convicted of stealing N318 million from his employer.
After the judge rejected his defence, he was found guilty under Section 18(2) of the Money Laundering Prevention and Prohibition Act.
The offender was ordered by Justice Omotosho to spend his sentence at Abuja’s Kuje Prison.
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