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EFCC Re-arrests “Police Pension Thief” John Yusuf after Court Frees Him on N750,000 Fine

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Following the two year jail sentence with the option of a N750,000 fine passed on John Yusuf, the former assistant director in the Federal Civil Service who embezzled the Police Pension fund, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re- arrested him.

Punch reports that he was re-arrested today because because there were other  pending cases  against him.

Yusuf was set free by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja on Monday  after paying N750,000 fine for conniving with others to defraud the office and pensioners of N27.2bn. His judgement was stiffly resisted by most Nigerians who felt he deserved a harsher punishment for his crimes.

Spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren told Punch that he would be re-arraigned to face fresh charges.

Adeola Adeyemo is a graduate of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from University of Lagos. However, her passion is writing and she worked as a reporter with NEXT Newspaper. She believes that anything can be written about; anything can be a story depending on the angle it is seen from and the writer's imagination. When she is not writing news or feature articles, she slips into her fantasies and creates interesting fiction pieces. She blogs at www.deolascope.blogspot.com

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