Reports reaching us indicate that two sisters have been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
These two sisters identified as Maryam Muhammad Jallo and Rukaiya Muhammad Jallo jailed after they were found guilty of diverting medical funds donated by Nigerians.
The case was presided over by Justice Muhammad Tukur of Kaduna State High Court as they were convicted and sentenced to ten years imprisonment with an option of N100,000 fine (One Hundred Thousand Naira).
Their prosecution took place at the Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Their charge was;
“That you Maryam Jallo and Rukaiya Jallo on the 30th day of March, 2019 in Kaduna within the judicial division of this Honourable Court, while being entrusted with the sum of One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Naira ( N1,700,000) only by one Alhaji Badamasi Shanono and Adio Bukar Hashia for medical treatment of one Usman Umar dishonestly misappropriated same and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 293 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 294 of the Same Law.”
Source: ghgossip.com
