Nigeria, Oct. 3 -- A former permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Clement Illoh, was on Thursday sentenced to five years in prison for stealing N14.1 million from the Nigerian government.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Mr Illoh before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos.

The EFCC in a statement said the convict was first arraigned on October 16, 2017, on a three-count charge of stealing by conversion of property.

It said Mr Illoh, who was also responsible for supervising several programmes under the defunct Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), committed the crime in January 2015.

The EFCC said the SURE-P supervisor allegedly...