The former Group Managing Director, Nigerian Army Properties Limited, Maj. Gen. Umaru Mohammed has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Nigerian Army Special Court-martial sitting in Abuja.
The court in its ruling on Tuesday, also ordered him to pay back $2,178,900 and N1.65bn to the Army properties and NAPL.
Mohammed was tried on 18 counts bordering on forgery, misappropriation of funds, and conspiracy among others.
Although he pleaded not guilty to all allegations, the court found him guilty of 14 counts.
In one of the charges on which he was found guilty, General Mohammed was alleged to have collected the sum of $1.045,400 paid by shipping companies for the use of Nigerian Army Jetty located at no 6 Marina, Victoria Island, Lagos
He was also found guilty of a theft of $430.800 being monies paid into Nigerian Army Domiciliary account at Unity Bank, Abuja for use of Nigerian Army Jetty, Marina, Lagos.
The court martial also found him guilty of withdrawing and confiscating the sum of N74million out of N75million paid for a property belonging to the Nigerian Army at Ikoyi, Lagos.
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