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Court jails Borno director for obstruction of Justice

A Borno State High Court has convicted and sentenced an assistant director in Borno State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Usman Abaji, to six months imprisonment for obstruction of justice.

Justice Aisha Kumaliya gave the ruling on Monday.

The convict was prosecuted by the Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on one-count charge of willful obstruction of the Commission to exercise its powers to investigate and prosecute in a matter involving one Ibrahim Goni Bama.

It said this is contrary to Section 38 (2) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (establishment) Act.

The commission arrested the said Bama based on investigations that linked him with financial crimes but had to release him on administrative bail to Abaji, who stood as a surety for him.

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