The lawmaker representing Akwa Ibom North East at Nigeria’s Red Chamber, Senator Albert Bassey, has been sentenced for money laundering.
Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Thursday, sentenced Senator Bassey to 42 years imprisonment. Bassey was found guilty of a six-count charge of money laundering preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
EFCC said the lawmaker was prosecuted by the anti-graft agency on allegation of receiving a vehicle valued at N204 million as a bribe from companies linked to one Olajide Omokore, a contractor who executed a N3billion contract for the Government of Akwa Ibom State while he was Commissioner for Finance and Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Direct Labour Coordinating Committee.
The offence contravenes Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and is punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act, EFCC said.
