PDP Lagos says Olabode George was imprisoned for trying to free the Yoruba
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party said on Friday that Olabode George was imprisoned for trying to free the Yoruba people from deceit and opposition.
Its Chairman, Publicity and Media in the state, Segun Ogundimu, stated this in Lagos while briefing journalists on the anticipated release of George from the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons, Lagos, on Saturday.
George Deputy National Chairman and former chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority was jailed two years in 2009 along with five others by Justice Joseph Oyewole of the Ikeja High Court.
The others are Aminu Dabo, NPA erstwhile managing director, Olusegun Abidoye, Adullahi Tafida, Zanna Maidaribe and Sule Aliyu.
They were convicted following their arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Aug. 8, 2008 on a 163-count charge bordering on abuse of office and contract splitting.
The charges were later reduced to 68 on Oct. 24, 2008.
Ogundimu claimed that George was jailed because he stepped on many toes.
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party said on Friday that Olabode George was imprisoned for trying to free the Yoruba people from deceit and opposition.
Its Chairman, Publicity and Media in the state, Segun Ogundimu, stated this in Lagos while briefing journalists on the anticipated release of George from the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons, Lagos, on Saturday.
George Deputy National Chairman and former chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority was jailed two years in 2009 along with five others by Justice Joseph Oyewole of the Ikeja High Court.
The others are Aminu Dabo, NPA erstwhile managing director, Olusegun Abidoye, Adullahi Tafida, Zanna Maidaribe and Sule Aliyu.
They were convicted following their arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Aug. 8, 2008 on a 163-count charge bordering on abuse of office and contract splitting.
The charges were later reduced to 68 on Oct. 24, 2008.
Ogundimu claimed that George was jailed because he stepped on many toes.
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