Nigeria, May 17 -- The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt has upheld the conviction and prison sentence handed to George Turnah, a former aide to the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dan Abia, over non-disclosure of assets.

Mr Turnah served as special assistant to Mr Abia, who headed the NDDC between December 2013 and December 2015 before his removal by former President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed the Court of Appeal judgement in a statement posted on its Facebook page.

According to the anti-graft agency, the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday affirmed the earlier judgement of the Federal High Court, which convicted Mr T...