Manila, Feb. 7 -- The Sandiganbayan has sentenced a former official of the defunct Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to up to 112 years imprisonment for 16 counts of corruption filed against him for irregularities in the procurement of office supplies in 2010.

In its 50-page decision dated Feb. 6, the anti-graft court's Sixth Division found former ARMM Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional secretary Sultan Usman Tantao Sarangani guilty of conspiring with then regional accountant Nanayon Dibaratun in procuring office supplies and equipment from two firms, Iftizah Ayezah Enterprises and Ashley Ventures, both registered in the latter's name.

The procurement of the office supplies and equipment was split ...