Justice S.C. Orji of the Federal High Court, Abuja. has sentenced a staff of the Federal Ministry of Aviation, Elvis Okerenyi, to one year imprisonment for job scam.
He was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for defrauding a job seeker under the guise of offering him employment in the Federal Civil Service.
The ICPC spokesman, Demola Bakare, said in a statement on Sunday that Okerenyi collected the sum of N1 million from one Titus Tavershima under the pretence of securing him a job in the Federal Civil Service.
He said the act contravenes Section 320 and is punishable under Section 322 of the Penal Code, Cap 532, Laws of the Federal Capital Territory, 2006
The statement read: “The defendant pleaded guilty upon his arraignment based on a plea bargain agreement before Justice S. C. Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory and was convicted pursuant to section 270(10) ACJA on the only charge in the amended charge.”
“The court further sentenced the convict to one year imprisonment or an option of a fine of N200,000.00 and ordered him to restitute the sum of N350,000.00 to Titus Tavershima, the victim of his crime. ”
