Magaji Garba, former vice chancellor of the Federal University, Gusau, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison by an Abuja court.
Garba was found guilty of a five-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense and forgery on Thursday.
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FIJ learnt that Garba was arraigned by the EFCC on October 12, 2021, for allegedly extorting money from the contractor who was to build a N3 billion perimeter wall fencing of the university.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) issued a statement that Garba’s “offence is contrary to section 1 (1) (a) and punishable under section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006”.
Garba was convicted by Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Garki, Abuja.
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