UPDATED: Ex-INEC Officials Bag 7 Years In Prison

Two former officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have bagged 7 years in prison each for offences bordering on money laundering to the tune of N264.8 million.

Mr Christian Nwosu, a former Administrative Secretary of INEC in Kwara state, and one Tijani Bachir, were sentenced to seven years in prison by a Federal High Court in Lagos.

Justice Mohammed Idris of the said court had found the two former senior INEC officials guilty of the offences on Thursday, but did not pass the prison sentence until today, Friday.

They were said to have received the huge sum in 2015 from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, to compromise the general relations that held that year.

It was gathered that the ex-INEC officials received the money which was allegedly moved from the NNPC to a suspense account in Fidelity Bank by Mrs Alison-Madueke.