A Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Mr. Edike Mboutidem Akpan, is currently enmeshed in alleged N26.7 million fraud...

A Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Mr. Edike Mboutidem Akpan, is currently enmeshed in alleged N26.7 million fraud scandal.

Akpan, who has already been charged to the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Kwali, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), used a private real estate company, Danemy Nig Ltd, to defraud land subscribers.

In a statement, spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said the deputy NSCDC commandant was arraigned on a 17-count charge before Justice V. S. Gaba.

Ogugua said the charge sheet revealed that the deputy commandant convinced many subscribers with the claim of being in partnership with NSCDC, to pay various sums of money for plots of land both in Karshi, Nasarawa State and Sabon Lugbe Extension, Airport Road, Abuja, which were never allocated to them.

ICPC told the court that the offence, committed between 2010 and 2015, violated Sections 19 and 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and was punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.

The statement read, ”In one of the charges, Mr. Akpan was alleged to have conferred undue advantage on himself when he allegedly received N13,350,000 in 2011 from a subscriber, Mr. Igwe Onus Nwankwo, through his company Danemy Nig Ltd, as payments for 10 plots of land at Airport Road.

”He was at various times alleged to have received N1,305,000 from Doctors Robert Okoro and Akuneme Marcel Ikwuoma, each, for the allocation of plots of land at the Defenders Family Estate Homes Scheme, Airport Road.

”The NSCDC officer was also accused of receiving N2,610,000 from Mrs. Chidinma Obasi for two plots of land and N1,205,000 from Mr. Etuechere Martins, for a plot.”

Ogugua explained that the accused pleaded “Not Guilty” when the charge was read to him as his counsel prayed the court to grant him bail on liberal terms.

Counsel to ICPC, John-Paul Okwor, who did not oppose the bail application, however, prayed the court to admit the accused to bail on reasonable terms that would ensure his attendance in court for trial.

Justice Gaba thereafter admitted him to bail in the sum of N5 million with two sureties in like sum.

He said one of the sureties must show proof of residing in his or her personal house.

https://dailytrust.com/civil-defence-deputy-commandant-in-multimillion-naira-fraud-scandal

Las las nothing will happen.

Are you guys surprised?

Any average office holder in Nigeria is corrupt by default. Nigeria's corruption is systemic.

Civil servants are more corrupt than politicians.

LoneWolf212:
Las las nothing will happen.

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Decorated omila

Na Dem

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JAIL THEM ALL!!!






Life sentence for all scammers . . . Including paternity fraudsters!

Everybody dey thief for this country. Nawa

Lol

He should b tried and sent to prison asap

Its his kind that make corruption thrive in d country

Nigerians at all levels of government are thieves.

Their only reason for complaint is that some people are stealing more than they are stealing.

Las last it is an association of corrupt minded individuals

Always in the news for the wrong reasons..

Ike gwuru Onyenna!

Scam everywhere

Ok

Na normal for naija

Wetin dey do Nigerian public servants sef

They will soon release him

Even Civil Defense Corps don Follow too

Land fraud in Abj is real. Shine your eyes before making any payment for land in the fct... If not you go wail tire

wait ooo
is there any sector in nigeria that is not corrupt?

Another one. Trust me, there's hardly any sector or part of this government where corruption is not massively going on.

May those who have been using their offices to steal and loot our treasuries dry meet their Waterloo this month.

HAPPY NEW MONTH NAIRALANDERS

How far about the case of that Accountant general with the EFCC

Upon his salary and other pecks of office? Contentment is the key