A former Minister of Water Resources, Mrs Sarah Ochekpe on Tuesday has been sentenced to Jail
She was sentenced on Tuesday after being found guilty of conspiracy and money laundering.
Ochekpe was sentenced to three months imprisonment by the Federal High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
The court also sentenced a former Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Raymond Dabo, and Evangelist Leo Sunday Jitung to three months imprisonment.
The judgment was delivered by Justice Musa Kurna on Tuesday.
Recall that the three had been standing trial for the past four years on charges bordering on conspiracy and money laundering.
However, the sentence has an option of a fine of N1 million.
