The Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Wednesday, in Abuja,
affirmed the six years imprisonment imposed on a former Federal Director of
Pensions (FDP,) Mr John Yakubu Yusuf and also ordered him to refund N22.9b to
government covers.
The N22.9b huge sum was part of the police pension fund he
admitted before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT to have been
misappropriated.
Justice Tijjani Abubakar in a judgment in an appeal filed by
Yusuf, upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal which in 2018 sent him to six
years imprisonment, in addition to the refund of the huge sum.
The apex court held that Yusuf and others engaging in
fraudulent practices must be told through court judgments that it is no longer
business as usual.
Justice Abubakar said that the appeal of the former federal
pension Director seeking to set aside the six years jail term against him was
frivolous, vexatious and devoid of merit.
He further held that victims of the convicted Director
deserved restitution which can only be achieved through justice.
Yusuf had dragged the Federal Government before the apex
court seeking to overturn the six years imprisonment slammed on him by the
Court of Appeal.
The former pensions director, who is serving the six years
jail term at the Kuje prison, also asked the Supreme Court to set aside the
whopping sum of N22.9 billion naira he was ordered to refund the government by the
Court of Appeal in a 2018 judgment.
He was sent to prison in 2018 by the Court of Appeal in
Abuja upon being found guilty of defrauding the Federal Government to the tune
of N22.9 billion naira through Police Pensions.
In his appeal lodged with the Supreme Court, he prayed the
apex court to set aside his conviction and the order that he should refund
N22.9b.
His main grouse is that the Court of Appeal miscarried
justice in its judgment.
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