Three NASU executives bag 15 Years in jail for N6.6m fraud

An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta has sentenced three Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) executives of Tai Solarin College of Education to 15 years behind bars for allegedly converting the sum of N6.6million belonging to the union for personal use.

It was gathered on Tuesday that one of the suspects Samuel Adeyemi, Chairman of the union in the school, got N3.3million from the amount mismanaged; Tosin Amuludun, Union secretary received N1.88million, with the treasurer Mrs Temilade Yusuf pocketing the sum of N1.3million.

A statement issued by Rasheedat Okoduwa, the ICPC spokesperson, read:

“One of the convicts, Temilade Yusuf, who was dissatisfied with the sentencing, had approached the Ibadan Division of the Court of Appeal asking the appellate court to dismiss the judgment secured against her by the commission.

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“But the Justices of the appellate court agreed entirely with the submission of the ICPC, presented by Enosa Omoghibo, and unanimously affirmed the convictions and sentence of the High Court, Abeokuta.”

She added that the three NASU officers conspired to commit fraud by converting the money kept in First City Monument Bank (FCMB) by NASU for personal use.

Omoghibo further convinced the court that the accused persons’ actions were a breach of trust and pleaded with the court to mete out appropriate punishment in accordance with the provision of the law, to serve as a deterrent to other public office holders and people in positions of trust.

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