CHURCH ACCOUNTANT JAILED AFTER STEALING DONATIONS

CHURCH ACCOUNTANT JAILED AFTER STEALING DONATIONS

A Nigerian church accountant has been sentenced to 18 years in prison over the theft of 15.5m naira ($43,000, £33,000) in donations.
Ibrahim Aku, of the Church of Brethren in Adamawa State, pleaded guilty to six counts that included forgery and obtaining money by false pretence, according to Vanguard newspaper.
He was then sentenced to three years for each count.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which filed the case, tweeted about the convict made at High Court in Yola in north-eastern Nigeria:
EFCC Nigeria ✔@officialEFCC
Church Accountant Bags 18yrs for N15.5m Fraud

The EFCC Gombe Zonal Office on January 13, 2020, secured the conviction of one Ibrahim Aku before Justice Nathan Musa of the Adamawa State High Court.
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The court heard that the accountant was entrusted by the church to deposit the money that had been collected as donations.
The prosecution alleged that Aku, together with an accomplice who has since gone missing, forged bank deposit documents but did not credit the church’s account.
The accomplice was reported to have received 500,000 naira from Aku to help him with the transaction.
The high court has ordered Aku to return the money to the church and that anything bought with the money be sold.
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