Nigeria, May 28 -- The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja sentenced two oil marketers to 14 years each for a N2.2 billion fuel subsidy fraud, part of a major oil sector scandal that caused public outrage in 2012.

Mamman Ali, a son of former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairperson Ahmadu Ali, and his co-defendant, Christian Taylor, were jailed on Tuesday, after 13 years of trial.

Trial judge Mojisola Dada held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) proved the fraud charges against the defendants beyond reasonable doubt.

The convicts faced amended 57 counts of fraud, with the EFCC accusing them of fraudulently obtaining money from the federal government in 2011 purportedly for importing various volu...