An Egyptian court Wednesday sentenced deposed president Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison on corruption charges, in one of two trials after the 2011 uprising that ended his rule.
His sons Alaa and Gamal each received four-year jail terms, and four other defendants were acquitted.
They were accused of embezzling more than one hundred million Egyptian pounds (about $14 million, 10 million euros) earmarked for the maintenance of presidential palaces.
Mubarak, 86, wearing a grey suit, sat on a wheelchair in the caged dock for the verdict. His sons, in white prison issue clothing, stood beside him.
Mubarak had technically been a free man after a court ordered his release last year following the end of the permitted detention period, but has since remained out of sight in a military hospital.
He is now likely to be returned to prison.....culled
*THIS CANNOT HAPPEN IN NIGERIA!
Right from the bible, I hate the name Egypt.
ReplyDeleteThe only way this will happen in Nigeria is if the man doesn't have money to buy his way out.
ReplyDeleteY was the dock caged? ** just asking, lmao!
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This kinda thing can never happen in Nigeria ooo.."Term it impossibruu impossibruu"...who has that kind of time in Naija?? All this corrupt EFCC official would do is pursue u soo they can get their own share and off u go..Naija is very much fun and basically interesting just for the rich sha..#yeye government
DeleteJust 3yrs
ReplyDeleteOoops. Nigeria can u see dat..#pointing towards Egypt #
ReplyDeleteThe money is not big compared to what ex presidents n present loot. Grt job Egypt #
ReplyDeleteGod!
ReplyDeleteWhen will there be an uprising,a jail term and a genuine sentence on any of our corrupt leaders in this country?when!
They walk around as kings and lords after looting the treasury and bribing their way out of any alleged accusation,so why won't d next set do d same?its a vicious circle that goes on and on in our country,only the poor get served with justice.#smh
No matter how corrup this guys are they can never be corrupt as Nigerian politicians. This is because they still have the interest of the masses at heart and do the needful of providing basic infrastructure for their people and which is why the gap between the rich and the poor can never be too wide in their country. Thanks
ReplyDeleteOver here in Nigeria, we give national awards to them thieves!
ReplyDeleteGood.
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