Nigerian Anti-corruption Agency, ICPC Arraigns Professor Over $40,000 Bribe
This was declared in an articulation delivered by ICPC’s representative, Azuka Ogugua, on Tuesday.The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission (ICPC) has charged John Ifeanyichukwu, a teacher, to court over claims of pay off and affectation of officials of the commission.
This was reported in a proclamation delivered by ICPC’s representative, Azuka Ogugua, on Tuesday.
Ogugua revealed that ICPC has documented one charge of pay off against Mr Ifeanyichukwu at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court 12, in Apo, Abuja.
In the charge, the counter wrongdoing body blamed the respondent for giving a check esteemed at $40,000 to a staff individual from the commission.
It added that the check was “essential for the $50,000 and a house in Abuja vowed to the official to think twice about examination by recovering the charged individual’s gadgets, MacBook S/N CIML8BUGDTY3, MacBook S/N W80204J7ATN and iPhone pro11 which were in the guardianship of ICPC for analytical exercises.”
It was additionally assembled that Ifeanyichukwu had before been accounted for to the commission by the Presidency for supposed demonstrations of debasement, blackmail and illegal tax avoidance.
ICPC, in an accuse of numberĀ² CR/025/2022, made sense of for the court how the litigant impelled one of its agents to pirate out a specific iPhone and a PC and to supplant them with a fake that should have been given by his aide.
A demonstration which was supposed to be in opposition to Section 18 (b) and culpable under Section 18 (d) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Act, 2000.
Ifeanyichukwu argued not blameworthy to the charge when it was perused to him.
The appointed authority, Angela Otaluka, hence conceded bail to him in the amount of N10million and two guarantees in like sum.The guarantees, the court administered, should be inhabitants inside the purview of the court, and one of them should have a landed property in Abuja.
The preliminary appointed authority additionally requested that the litigant’s visa and other substantial travel records should be submitted to the court before the following dismissed date, any other way, his bail will be denied.
She concluded the case till June 21 for the initiation of the meeting.