The Impartial Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Offences Fee (ICPC), has secured the conviction of Martins Ugwu who impersonated and used the certificates of his ‘greatest good friend’ to safe a job on the Federal Ministry of Well being.
ICPC, had in February 2016, filed a 7-count earlier than Justice Abubakar Idris Kutigi, in opposition to Ugwu, for making false assertion to the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Fee, via which he secured employment into the Federal Ministry of Well being, in 2006.
The Fee’s Spokesperson, Mr. Demola Bakare, in a press release on Tuesday stated the Fee stated the offence contravened Part 25 (1) (a) of the Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Act, 2000 and punishable below Part 25 (1) (b) of the identical act.
The convict, based on the ICPC, additionally drew salaries and allowances as much as N17.2 million between 2006 and 2016, after working for about ten years as a medical physician on the Federal Ministry of Well being with the faux paperwork.
Ugwu additionally used the faux paperwork to acquire a workers id card bearing the identify of Dr. George Daniel Davidson, apply for annual go away in addition to a put up graduate coaching programme which might have conferred on him, a Grasp’s diploma within the Area of Epidemiology Follow.
Through the sentence listening to yesterday on the Federal Capital Territory Excessive Court docket, Jabi, Counsel to the ICPC, Dr. Osuobeni Ekoi Akponimisingha, citing Part 319 and 321 of the Administration of Felony Justice Act (ACJA) urged the courtroom to order the restitution of all cash the wrongdoer earned whereas he was parading himself as Dr. David George with a stolen certificates.
Delivering his judgement, Justice Kutigi acknowledged that the problem of quack medical doctors has taken a brand new dimension and the sentencing of Ugwu would function a deterrent to others who may need to enterprise into the follow with out mandatory certifications.
The Decide due to this fact sentenced the faux physician to a jail time period of 6-months (consecutively) on every of the 7-counts most well-liked in opposition to him by the ICPC.
Justice Kutigi additionally ordered the restitution of the salaries and allowances paid to the convict whereas below the employment of the Federal Ministry of Well being. He added that an extra oneyear jail time period must be served in case the convict failed to satisfy up with the restitution order.
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