Thursday, March 13, 2025 - The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Abubakar Mohammed Aseku, an officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), for allegedly receiving N17.6 million in salaries from three different government agencies.
Aseku, an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (ASI), is accused of
drawing salaries from the Nasarawa State Ministry of Education, Science, and
Technology, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), and the NIS, where he
was officially employed.
He appeared before Justice Binta Dogonyaro of the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja, on a nine-count charge of abuse of
office and corruption. According to a statement by ICPC spokesman Demola
Bakare, Aseku allegedly received N4.2 million from the Nasarawa State Ministry
of Education, Science, and Technology in 2015, while working as a school
teacher and simultaneously on active duty with the NIS. Additionally, he is
said to have drawn N13.4 million in salaries from DPR between 2018 and 2019
while employed by the Immigration Service.
The ICPC further alleged that Aseku, as a Pay Officer with NIS,
facilitated the payment of N4.7 million in salaries to seven individuals who
were neither employees of the NIS nor on its payroll. One of the charges reads
that Aseku, between October 2018 and October 2019, used his position to receive
a total sum of N13,400,889.90 in salaries from the DPR while being employed by
the NIS, thereby committing an offence under Section 19 of the Corrupt
Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
Aseku pleaded not guilty to all the charges. His lawyer, Basil Hemba,
informed the court that Aseku had previously been granted bail by another FCT
High Court in Maitama, urging the court to maintain the existing bail terms.
Justice Dogonyaro upheld the bail conditions set by the Maitama court and
adjourned the case to April 29 for hearing.
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