A lady, Khadijah Ibrahim Boss, has been sentenced to four months imprisonment for bribery during the 2023 governorship and House of Assembly election in Gombe State.
Justice Abdulhamid Yakubu of the Gombe State High Court II sitting in Gombe convicted and sentenced Boss on Monday, December 11.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned the convict on two-count charges bordering on bribery.
The charge reads; “That you Khadijah Ibrahim Boss on or about 18th March, 2023 in Gombe within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court did canvass for votes using bundles of fabrics within 300 metres of a polling unit during the Governorship and State House of Assembly Election and you thereby committed and offence contrary to Section 126 (1)(a), of the Electoral Act, 2022 and punishable under Section 121 (3), of the same Act”.
EFCC counsel, Abubakar Aliyu presented facts of the case before the court, pointing out that the case was peculiar and first of its kind in the Gombe Zonal Command.
Justice Yakubu convicted and sentenced Boss to three months imprisonment or with an option of N30,000 fine on count one and another one month imprisonment on count two or an option of N10,000 as a fine.
The sentence is to run concurrently.
The court acknowledged and commended the Gombe Zonal Command and expressed hope that the conviction would bring sanity to the electoral processes.