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Court convicts NSCDC officer for certificate forgery

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An Ogun State High Court has convicted and fined an official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mr Idowu Olamide over certificate forgery.

The convict was charged before Justice A. Akinyemi, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for using a forged National Diploma Certificate to secure an upgrade in his office.

The ICPC accused him of “knowingly making a false statement which is contrary to section 25(1) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under section 25(1) (b) of the same Act”.

A statement on Wednesday by the ICPC spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, titled, ‘Certificate forgery: ICPC secures conviction of NSCDC,’ said the court was told how the convict presented a forged National Diploma certificate in Automobile Engineering from the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State to the NSCDC to be upgraded to the senior cadre.

He had earlier entered a not guilty plea when the charge was read to him in June 2021 when he was arraigned.

Idowu, however, changed his plea during trial by approaching the court with a prayer for plea bargain which was granted by the trial judge.

The two counts were then amended, bordering on making false statement with the intent to deceive a government agency.

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