Civil Servant, Innocent Ezeonwuka, charged by ICPC bags 11 Year-Jail Term over N66.5m Fraud

An Anambra State High Court, in Akwa, presided over by Justice Arinze Akabua, has sentenced a former Treasurer with the Anambra State Ministry of Finance, Innocent Ezeonwuka, to 11 years imprisonment for defrauding pensioners of N66.5 million. (Read More Here).

Onwuka, who was a Sub-Treasurer with the Ministry, was accused by the ICPC of diverting monies meant for the payment of gratuities to retired civil servants under Aguata Sub-Treasury.

The Commission, in a three-count charge, averred that the convict abused his office by conferring corrupt advantage on himself when he embezzled N66,520,564.62 meant for paying gratuities of the retired staff of the Aguata Sub-Treasury.