Justice Hassan Dikko of the Federal High Court, Bauchi, has sentenced two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Saleh Gamawa and Aminu Gadiya, to two years in prison each over an attempt to influence the 2015 presidential election.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned the two men on a two-count charge of conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of N142.2 million.
Gamawa and Gadiya were first arraigned on June 4, 2018, and re-arraigned on October 16, 2018, on a two-count charge for allegedly receiving the money to influence the outcome of the election in Bauchi State.
