Two staff of QXK Engineering Services, a company that provides services to the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company in Nigeria, have been sentenced to over ten years imprisonment for diverting money belonging to Kaduna Electric.
The convicts are Ibrahim Yakubu and Umar Salihu.
The convicts allegedly conspired and received N5000 ($11.92) belonging to the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company and diverted the money.
According to a statement posted by Kaduna Electric, the convicts were arraigned before the Argungu Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to the offences.
The statement said the court ruled that the suspects committed the offences of criminal conspiracy, breach of trust and cheating contrary to sections 60, 298 and 308 of the Penal Code of Kebbi State 2021.
The two were sentenced to three months imprisonment or the option of a ten thousand naira fine for the offence of criminal conspiracy.
For the offence of Breach of Trust, they were sentenced to five years imprisonment or the option of fifty thousand Naira fine.
Similarly, for cheating, the accused were sentenced to four years in prison or option of forty thousand naira fine respectively
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com