Deputy Comptroller in the NCos defrauded N2.8m of applicants seeking out employment
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| Justice Shagari adjourned the problem till February third and 4th for the continuation of trial |
A prosecution witness has testified towards Abubakar Mohammed Sani, a Deputy Comptroller within the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Thursday.
The witness, Ashafa Abubakar Aliyu, designated how the officer received cash from unsuspecting process seekers.
Sani turned into arraigned via way of means of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) earlier than Justice Hadiza Sabi’u Shagari of the Federal High Court Katsina.
He is accused of the use of his role as an officer of the Katsina Command to defraud a few people at the pretext of supporting them stable employment into the Service.
Aliyu recalled that someday in 2012, the defendant who became his colleague then Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) requested him to locate applicants seeking out employment.
He found out that the defendant being the Works Officer on the headquarters, it become clean to accept as true with that he may want to stable jobs.
“The defendant informed me that there has been emptiness then Nigerian Prison Service and due to the fact we did a fundamental path collectively in Kaduna and he used to steer us in prayers, I agreed to offer applicants.
“He satisfied me to pay for the task for my relations, Umar Himma, Surajo Ibrahim, Abdullahi Gambo and others whom I can not keep in mind their names.”
Aliyu stated he referred to as the defendant and positioned him on speaker telecellsmartphone to the listening to of the applicants. Sani advised them to pay N300,000 every in the event that they desired the task.
The applicants, in step with the witness, raised extra than N2 million which he paid into Sani’s account.
Since then, the defendant neither supplied the roles nor refunded the cash he collected.
Defence counsel, Salisu Malami implemented for an adjournment to permit him put together for cross-exam of the witness.
Justice Shagari adjourned the problem till February third and 4th for the continuation of trial.