A Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Tuesday sentenced a former Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe, to three months imprisonment.
Ochekpe, who served as Minister under former President Goodluck Jonathan, was sentenced alongside a former chairman of the People Democratic Party in Plateau state, Raymond Dabo, and the Plateau State Coordinator of Jonathan Campaign Organization, Leo-Sunday Jitong.
The three accused persons had been standing trial since 2018 in a case of money laundering and conspiracy brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission amounting to over N450 million.
They were charged by the Anti-graft agency for illegally receiving the money from the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Deizani Alison-Madueke to finance re-election campaign of former President Goodluck Jonathan and his vice, Namadi Sambo.
At the first hearing of the case, the former minister told the trial judge, Justice Musa Kurya, that she handed over the said amount to the PDP gubernatorial candidate in 2015, Senator Gyang Pwajok.
Recall that Pwajok however died shortly after the 2015 election in an Indian hospital after a protracted aliment.
