Victor Mela, member representing Billiri/Balanga Federal Constituency of Gombe State at the House of Representatives, has been sentenced to one-month in prison for perjury.
A magistrate court in the FCT convicted Mela for lying under oath in the CD001 INEC form he completed ahead of the 2019 election.
The lawmaker claimed he did not have dual citizenship while possessing a British passport which shows he is a citizen of Britain.
The court, however, gave him an option fine.
