CORRUPTION
Abba Ishaku and Douglas William, officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EEFC, were recently served five-year prison terms their bribery. By David Lawal The two officers were arraigned on October 17, 2010, before an Abuja High Court presided over by Justice Abubakar Umar on a four-count of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence. The officers allegedly demanded N100, 000 from Kullima Kachalla, a former Chairman of Bama Local Government in Borno state in 2010, by posing as investigators of the EFCC. Misters William and Ishaku were sentenced to two years each on counts one and two; and six months each on counts three and four. The sentences are however to run concurrently. The two officers were arrested in 2010 in a ‘sting operation’. Until their arrest, the officers were stationed at the reception of the EFCC headquarters in Wuse, Abuja.