Thursday, November 13, 2025 -The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of two staff members of the National Assembly, Mustapha Mohammed and Tijjani Adam Goni, for their involvement in a job scam worth N4.8 million.
The duo were convicted by Justice B.M. Bassi of the Federal
Capital Territory High Court 55, sitting in Asokoro, Abuja, after being found
guilty of defrauding two victims, Saifudeen Yakub and Aminu Abubakar, under the
pretext of securing employment for them at the Central Bank of Nigeria and the
Federal Inland Revenue Service.
The ICPC spokesperson, Demola Bakare, who made this known in
a statement on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 said the case originated from a
petition numbered ICPC/P/NC/1056/2022 filed by the victims.
“The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of one Mustapha Mohammed
and Tijjani Adam Goni, both of the National Assembly Abuja, for
defrauding one Saifudeen Yakub and Aminu Abubakar of the sum of N4,800,000
(Four Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira only) over alleged job scam to
secure a job for the petitioners at the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) and the
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) respectively,” the statement read.
"The case stemmed from petition number
ICPC/P/NC/1056/2022 submitted to the ICPC by Mr Saifdeen Yakub and Mr. Aminu
Abubakar that on 27th day of May 2021, that the fraudulent Mustapha Muhammed;
who is currently at large, claimed that the 1st Defendant was his friend and a
staff of the National Assembly (NASS) Abuja, promised to secure two job slots
in Central Bank of Nigeria, for N4,000,000 (Four Million Naira) each to any
interested persons and that the offer letter will be released on 27th day of
April, 2021.
"The said Mustapha Muhammed demanded a sum of
N3,000,000 (Three million naira) from the two petitioners, which was deposited
into a Zenith Bank account with account number 1000765449 belonging
to the 1st Defendant.
"Investigation further revealed that on the 27th day of
April, 2021, the 1st Defendant further demanded the sum of N300,000 (three
hundred thousand naira) from each of the applicants for an alleged medical
screening. The sum was transferred to an Access Bank account with account number 0090719034 belonging
to Badraddin Mohammed.
"Following diligent investigations by the ICPC, the
Defendants were arraigned before Honourable Justice B.M. Bassi of the FCT High
Court No.55 sitting at Asokoro.
"Prosecuting Counsel to the ICPC, Fatima Abdullahi
Bardi, informed the court that the defendants were charged on a 5-count charge,
bothering on the defendants’ corrupt act of alleged job scam to secure a job
for the petitioners from the Federal Inland Revenue Service and the Central
Bank of Nigeria.
"Count 1 was based on an offence contrary to section
1(1)(a) and punishable under section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other
Fraud Related Offences Act 2006.
"Counts 2 and 3 against the defendants relate to their
contravention of Section 363 of the Act, which is punishable under Section 364
of the Penal Code.
"The charges on Counts 2 and 3 highlighted the
defendant’s conspiracy to forge a letter of employment dated 28th June 2021,
tagged “Final Document List,” purportedly issued by the Central Bank of
Nigeria, with the intent to extort money from Saifdeen Yakub and Aminu
Abubakar.
"Also, Counts 4 and 5 related to an offence contrary to
section 363 and punishable under section 364 of the Penal Code, which
highlighted a forged letter of employment dated 11th June 2021 in favour of one
Mustapha Muhammad, purportedly from the FIRS. Count 4 reads “That you Ibrahim
Suleiman Umar (m), and Tijani Adam Goni(m) on or about June 2021 at Abuja
within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court conspired to forge letter of
employment dated 11th June 2021 purportedly issued by Federal Inland Revenue Service
in favor of one Mustapha Muhammad and you thereby committed an offense contrary
to section 363 and punishable under section 364 of Penal Code.”
"Pursuant to Section 270 of the Administration of
Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015, which stipulates the terms for Plea
Negotiations, the Defendants pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in addition to
mandatorily refunding the sum of N4.8million into the ICPC Recovery
Account.
“Furthermore, the defendants pleaded guilty to the 1-Count
amended charge of making false statements contrary to section 25 of the Corrupt
Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, on the 29th day of October,
2025, and were sentenced to pay a fine of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira)
each, after making the full payment into the Commission’s recovery
account.”
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