N7m fraud: Court jails former LG boss for six months

A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Wednesday sentenced a former Chairman of Davi Local Government Area, Mr. Enesi Jimoh, to six months imprisonment without an option of fine over financial misappropriation.

Justice I. E Ekwo who presided over the case convicted Jimoh after finding him guilty of embezzling N7m belonging to the council while in office.

The said money was meant for the provision of borehole for communities in the council area.

The politician was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alongside a former Commissioner for Agriculture, Samuel Ojo, in March 31,2010.

However, Ojo was discharged by the court after a no-case submission was filed by the defence counsel, H.O Agumbiodun in June 2012.

One of the charges against Jimoh read, “That you Enesi Jimoh Suleman, while serving as the executive Chairman of Davi Local Government Area, converted N7m property of Davi Local Government Area, concealing its illicit origin and thereby committing an offence contrary to section 14 of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2004 and also punishable under section 14 of the same Act.”