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Imo: Court sends ex-Commissioner to prison
A former commissioner for Transport in Imo State, Laz Okoroafor-Anyanwu, was Tuesday sentenced to three years imprisonment.
Anyanwu who served under the Rochas Okorocha administration, was sentenced after being found guilty of the charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The judge, K.A. Lewanya, while sentencing him, said the jail term would run concurrently.
He added that the covict was found guilty of fraud, looting of public funds and stealing, diverting N180 million of state funds into a private company account where he was a major shareholder and sole signatory when he superintended and doubled as Commissioner for Transport and the Interim Committee Chairman of the Imo State Transport Company (ITC).
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