An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, named Achigili Raph Ogili, has been apprehended for forging a University of Abuja certificate to get promotion at his place of work.
The controversial certificate said to have been forged came with Registration Number 2720700176.
The forged certificate had the involvement one Sunday Okpara and his accomplice, one Rasaq Abdulrahaman Dabiri as collaborators
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, disclosed this on Friday.
Spokesperson of the anti-corruption agency, Azuka Ogugua, said thay Sunday Opara and the two other suspects had been charged for alleged conspiracy and falsification of documents, both of which are punishable under the law.
She explained that they were subsequently arraigned before Justice J. E. Obanor of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court 29 sitting in Jabi, Abuja.
Ogugua added that, the FRSC official was also accused of forging a letter confirming the fake statement of result as genuine, purportedly written by the Deputy Registrar Academics of University.
“In a Charge No: CR/321/2023 filed before the trial court, the Commission alleged that the 1st accused person, Ogili, used a forged University of Abuja statement of result with Registration Number 2720700176 to support his application for upgrading in the Corps.
“On the other hand, both the 2nd and 3rd defendants were charged for their complicity in the forged letter confirming the fake statement of result as genuine.
“Their offences are contrary to sections 96 and 366, and punishable under sections 364 and 368 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532, Laws of the FCT, Abuja 2006.”
Speaking further, Ogugua said that the accused persons entered a not guilty plea when the charges were read to them and their lawyers in three separate motions raised bail applications on their behalf which were accepted by the prosecution counsel, Dorathy Suleman.
She said the defendants were then admitted to bail in the sum of N500,000 and a surety in like sum who must reside within the jurisdiction of the Court.
The ICPC spokesperson said that the matter was adjourned till 30 and 31of October 2023 for commencement of hearing.
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