Idris Yahaya, the Yobe State Auditor-General for Local Government, was given a five-year jail term for stealing N19.9 million after the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed a complaint against him.
This information was revealed in a statement posted on Monday by the EFCC on Twitter.
The statement read, “Alhaji Idris Yahaya, the Auditor General for Local Government, Yobe State, is to spend five years in prison, following his conviction today, Monday, March 13, 2023, by Justice Muhammad Lawu Lawan of the Yobe State High Court.
“He was convicted after being pronounced guilty of a one-count of criminal misappropriation to the tune of Nineteen Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira (N19,900,000.00) preferred against them by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
“Yahaya received funds from the Office of the Auditor General for Local Government and Emirate Affairs, Yobe State, for the purchase of an official vehicle, a 2015 Toyota Corolla, and diverted part of the money to his personal use.”
