CRIME
Court Sentences Bishop to Five Years in Prison for Diverting of Funds
A former executive secretary of Adamawa State Chairman Pilgrims Welfare Board, Bishop Jinga Mayo has been sentenced to five years in prison by a High Court sitting in Adamawa, Yola.
A former executive secretary of Adamawa State Chairman Pilgrims Welfare Board, Bishop Jinga Mayo has been sentenced to five years in prison by a High Court sitting in Adamawa, Yola.
The convict was charged to Court on Jan. 30, 2019, for diverting and furnishing of false return in respect of the sum of N69,198,600
The amount was discovered to be meant for the operating committees of the 2016 Christian Pilgrims operation to Israel but Mayo fraudulently diverted it for personal use.
He was the executive secretary of the board between 2016 and 2017 and was sentenced to the correctional facility on March 23, 2020, without the option of fine.

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