Protesters storm Ministry of Justice over lenient sentence for pension thief

Members of The Anti Corruption Network and other Civil Society organizations today protested the light sentence handed down to the former director of Police Pension Board, John Yakubu Yesufu by an Abuja High Court.

The protest which started at the Ministry of Justice was led by Dino Melaye with members of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and others.

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The group called for the removal of Justice Abubakar Talba. Some the their placards reads ”Jankara judgement for pension thief ” , “N23,billion is equal to N750,000″, “Justice Abubakar Talba SHAME !!! .

Former head of the Police Pension Board, Yakubu Yusufu, who confessed to embezzling N27billion got a two-year jail term from an Abuja High Court.

The court also gave him the option of paying N750,000 and walking away a free man. But it ordered that Yusufu forfeits a property valued at N325 million.