Rita Odafe
A Federal High Court in Bauchi has sentenced Saleh Gamawa and Aminu Gadiya, Chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to two years in prison for receiving over N142 million to influence the 2015 presidential election. The two were arraigned on a two-count charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on June 4, 2018 and re-arraigned on October 16, 2018. Both pleaded “not guilty”.
Wilson Uwajuren, EFCC spokesperson, said the PDP Chieftains were found guilty of receiving money “well in excess of the legal threshold designated by law”. Justice Hassan Dikko then sentenced the defendants to two years at the Bauchi Correction Service with an option of a fine of N3 million each in lieu of imprisonment on count one. Gamawa was given an additional two years imprisonment or a fine of N3 million in lieu of imprisonment on count two.
