Buhari's Sacked Appointee Dragged to Court over Certificate Forgery, Remanded
- The ICPC has arraigned Chima Igwe, a former acting Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO)
- Igwe was arraigned in Lagos on Friday, November 11, on three-count charges including certificate forgery
- The former acting DG pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted bail but was remanded pending the fulfilment of the conditions
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Ikeja, Lagos - Chima Igwe, a former acting Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO) was, on Friday, November 12, arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) over certificate forgery.
Premium Times reported that Igwe was arraigned at the Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos.
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The former FIIRO DG who was appointed in May 2019 was sacked in February 2020 after failing to present his PhD certificate more than 17 years after claiming to have bagged the degree, according to The Punch.
It was gathered that Igwe received several promotions based on the purported certificate. His alleged offence came into the limelight when his colleagues petitioned the ICPC.
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Igwe is being prosecuted on three-count charge by the ICPC.
In count one, the former presidential appointee was charged for “knowingly giving a document with false information with the intent to deceive the principle contrary to and punishable under Section 17(1)(c) of the Corrupt Practices and Oth Related Offences Act, 2000.”
He was accused of intentionally submitting an attestation letter signifying the completion of PhD Degree programme from the University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Republic of Benin.
In count 2, Igwe was accused of using his office to confer an undue advantage to himself which got him many promotions thereby upgrading him to the directorate level.
The suspect was in count 3 charged for making a false statement to one Andrew Osove, a detective with the ICPC.
He pleaded not guilty to all three count charges.
Igwe remanded pending fulfilment of bail
The judge, Sherifat Solebo in her ruling, granted his bail application of N500,000 and two sureties with verifiable residential addresses in Lagos.
He has been remanded until he fulfils his bail conditions. The case was adjourned until February 21 to 24, 2022.
Court sentences President Buhari's ex-appointee to 8 years in prison for money laundering
In another report, Abdulrasheed Maina, a former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment.
A statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, November 8, indicates that a Federal High Court in Abuja convicted Maina on charges of money laundering.
Legit.ng recalls that in 2019, Maina was arraigned by the EFCC but he pleaded not guilty to a 12-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N2 billion
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