A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, has sentenced a former minister of water resources, Sarah Ochekpe, and two others to three months imprisonment for conspiracy and money laundering.
Ochekpe, who was a minister in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, was sentenced alongside Raymond Dabo, former acting PDP chairman in Plateau State, and Leo Jatau, coordinator of the Goodluck Johnathan campaign in the state in 2015.
The convicts were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2018 for allegedly collecting N450 million from Diezani Alison-Madueke, former petroleum resources minister, in 2015.
They were alleged to have received N450million from Alison-Madueke to influence the electorate and the outcome of the 2015 presidential election.
In a judgment delivered on Tuesday, February 22, Musa Kurna, the presiding judge, found the accused persons guilty and sentenced them to three months in prison with an option of N1 million fine.
They were, however, released after paying the N1million fine.
