A federal high court in Akwa Ibom has sentenced Bassey
Albert, governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), to 42
years in prison for fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had, in
2019, arraigned Albert on a six-count charge of allegedly taking possession of
six vehicles worth N204 million when he was finance commissioner in the state.
He was said to have collected one of the vehicles from Jide
Omokore, an associate of Diezani Alison Madueke, former minister of petroleum.
Omokore reportedly had dealings with the state when he
offered Bassey the vehicle.
Delivering judgment on Thursday, Agatha Okeke, the presiding
judge, found the senator guilty of the offences.
Consequently, he was sentenced to Ikot Ekpene prison to
serve his jail term.
Albert, a serving senator representing Akwa Ibom north-east
district, was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He, however, defected to the YPP in July, where he secured
the party’s ticket for the 2023 governorship election.
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