The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has arraigned a former staff of the Court of Appeal, Munirat Abdulazeez, before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Bwari over her alleged job racketeering scam.
According to a statement on Saturday by the ICPC’s spokesman, Demola Bakare, the defendant who served with the Court of Appeal between 2018 and 2023, was arraigned for fraudulent job scheme, promising fake employment opportunities at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Federal Inland Revenue Service.
The ICPC said between September 2022 and July 2023, she allegedly obtained a total of N9.2 million from eight unsuspecting job seekers under pretenses.
One of the charges reads: “That you, MUNIRAT ABDULAZEEZ (aka JUMMAI), between September to December 2022 and January to July 2023, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, while being a staff of the Court of Appeal, with intent to defraud, obtained by false pretence the sum of N9,200,000 from Musa Mohammed Maude and others, by claiming you could secure them jobs in NIMASA, CBN, and FIRS — an offence contrary to Section 1(1)(a) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006.”
Abdulazeez pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge.
Following her plea, ICPC counsel, Hamza Sani, requested that the court retain the earlier fixed date of June 13, 2025, for the prosecution to present its witnesses.
However, the court later vacated the date and adjourned the matter to June 20, 2025, for hearing.
The defendant’s counsel moved for bail, which the ICPC did not oppose.
Justice Iheabunke granted her bail in N10 million, with two sureties in like sum.
He said the sureties must possess landed property within the jurisdiction of the court, submit original title documents to the court registrar for verification, and the defendant must notify the court formally before any travel.
The case was adjourned to June 20, 2025, for commencement of trial.
