{"id":122667,"date":"2025-09-30T16:33:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=122667"},"modified":"2025-09-30T16:33:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:33:53","slug":"icpc-arraigns-two-men-over-n4-8m-job-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/icpc-arraigns-two-men-over-n4-8m-job-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"ICPC Arraigns Two Men Over N4.8m Job Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned two men, Ibrahim Suleiman Umar and Tijani Adam Goni, before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, for allegedly swindling job seekers of N4.8 million through a fake employment racket.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to ICPC spokesperson, Demola Bakare, in a statement on Tuesday, the defendants were arraigned before Justice B.M. Bassi on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence, and forgery.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The anti-graft agency alleged that \u201cUmar and Goni conspired in June 2021 to obtain money from two victims, Saifdeen Yakub and Aminu Abubakar, under the pretext of securing them jobs at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">ICPC further disclosed that the accused persons forged appointment letters purportedly from both agencies, along with a document titled \u201cFinal Document List,\u201d which they presented as genuine.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the charges were read, the two defendants pleaded guilty. Justice Bassi ordered their remand at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the next hearing scheduled for 29 October 2025.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Commission added that a third suspect, Mohammed Mustapha, is still at large, with efforts underway to track him down.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">ICPC stated that the offences contravene the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006, as well as relevant provisions of the Penal Code.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, this medium earlier reported that the ICPC had confirmed the arrest and interrogation of Muibi Folawiyo, Chairman of Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area, over alleged large-scale corruption.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bakare explained that Folawiyo is being investigated for allegedly diverting public funds, misappropriating resources for personal use, and sidestepping due process.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned two men, Ibrahim Suleiman Umar and Tijani Adam Goni, before the Federal Capital Territory High&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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