The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ,ICPC, on Tuesday arraigned an assistant superintendent with the Nigerian Immigration Service, Mr Abubakar Aseku, for allegedly receiving salaries from two other government agencies while still in active service of the NIS.
Aseku, who was arraigned before justice Binta Dogonyaro of the FCT high court in Apo was said to have fraudulently earned N4.2 million from the Nasarawa state ministry of education, science, and technology in 2015 while working as a schoolteacher, despite being on the payroll of the immigration service.
The ICPC also alleged that between 2018 and 2019, he received an additional N13.4 million in salaries from the Department of Petroleum Resources ,DPR, while still employed by the NIS.
The ICPC said that while serving as a pay officer with the immigration service, Aseku facilitated the payment of N4.7 million in salaries to seven individuals who were neither employees of the NIS nor on its payroll.
Aseku who was arraigned on a nine-count charge bordering on abuse of office and corruption pleaded not guilty to all charges.
His counsel, Basil Hemba, prayed the court to uphold the bail conditions previously granted to his client by another FCT high court in Maitama.
Dogonyaro agreed and maintained the earlier bail terms.
Following the plea, ICPC counsel, Michael Adesola, requested an adjournment to allow the prosecution to present its witnesses.
The court adjourned the matter until April 29, 2025, for the commencement of trial.
