IART Professor Sentenced to 40 Years in Jail For Diverting Workers Salary
A professor of Agriculture, Benjamen Ogunmodede, along with two others have been sentenced to 40 years in prison by a Federal High Court ...
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A professor of Agriculture, Benjamen Ogunmodede, along with two others
have been sentenced to 40 years in prison by a Federal High Court
sitting in Ibadan.
The other two are Zacheus Tejumola and Adenekan Clement.
Prof. Ogunmodede, who is also a Reverend with the Anglican Church, is the former Director General of the Institute of Agricultural, Research and Training (IART), Apata, Ibadan, while Tejumade and Adenekan were Chief Accountant and staff of the institution respectively.
They were arraigned on 16- count charge of conspiracy, unlawful conversion, stealing of school subvention and other criminal charges.
They were accused of diverting over N177 million from N600 million received as subvention from the Federal Government to pay salaries of worker and execute certain projects in the institute.
The other two are Zacheus Tejumola and Adenekan Clement.
Prof. Ogunmodede, who is also a Reverend with the Anglican Church, is the former Director General of the Institute of Agricultural, Research and Training (IART), Apata, Ibadan, while Tejumade and Adenekan were Chief Accountant and staff of the institution respectively.
They were arraigned on 16- count charge of conspiracy, unlawful conversion, stealing of school subvention and other criminal charges.
They were accused of diverting over N177 million from N600 million received as subvention from the Federal Government to pay salaries of worker and execute certain projects in the institute.
