A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced two ex-officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Christian Nwosu and Tijani Bashir, to seven years’ imprisonment each.
The convicts were charged with N264.8 million gratification and money laundering.
They received the bribe from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in the build-up to the 2015 general elections.
Nwosu and Bashir were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).