PAUL ADAMU GALINJE, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellant herein and one Mrs. Ruth Adehwe Aweto were bursar and provost respectively of Federal Cooperative College, Ibadan. They were arraigned before the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan charged with offences bordering on contravention of Section 17(1)(c) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000. During the trial the prosecution called five witnesses and tendered several documents in evidence. The Appellant and his co-accused testified in their defence and called additional four witnesses.
At the end of the trial and in a reserved and considered judgment, the Appellant and his co-accused were each convicted under counts 5, 6, 7 and 8 and sentenced to one year imprisonment on each count. The sentences were ordered to run concurrently.
The Appellant was dissatisfied with the judgment of the trial Court. Being aggrieved, he appealed to the Court of Appeal, Ibadan, where his appeal was dismissed. He has now…