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Aseku allegedly received N17.6 million salaries from three distinct government departments
Abubakar Mohammed Aseku, an official of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has been charged by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) for allegedly receiving N17.6 million salaries from three distinct government departments.
The allegations have been made against Aseku. It has been alleged that Aseku, who holds the position of Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (ASI), has been receiving wages from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology of Nasarawa State, and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), where he was formally employed.
During his appearance before FCT High Court Justice Binta Dogonyaro in Apo, Abuja, he faced a nine-count accusation of abuse of power and corruption.
Aseku is said to have received N4.2 million from the Nasarawa State Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology in 2015, all while working as a school teacher and simultaneously serving on active duty with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), as stated in a statement released by Demola Bakare, a spokesman for the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC).
During the time that he worked for the Immigration Service, he is also reported to have received a salary from the Department of Petroleum Resources DPR, totaling N13.4 million between 2018 and 2019.
According to the ICPC, Aseku was accused of facilitating payments totaling N4.7 million to seven individuals who were neither employees of the NIS nor on its payroll in his role as a pay officer.
According to one of the charges, Aseku committed an offence under Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
Aseku is accused of using his position to receive a total sum of N13,400,889.90 in salaries from the DPR while he was employed by the NIS. The event occurs between October 2018 and October 2019.
In his plea, Aseku denied all accusations. The bail conditions that Aseku was previously given by another FCT High Court in Maitama were reiterated by his counsel, Basil Hemba, who notified the court of this fact. With the bail terms imposed by the Maitama court upheld, Justice Dogonyaro postponed the case’s hearing until April 29.