A STATE High Court in Ilorin has handed a nine-month jail term (running concurrently) to the Director of Works at the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Mr. Iliya Philemon Hassan, and a fine of N150,000 in a case of forged certificate. Hassan, who was prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), was arraigned for presenting a fake Master’s Degree certificate to his employers and declared falsely under oath to the ICPC. According to a statement from the ICPC yesterday, Chief Judge of the State, Justice J. Bamigbola, pronounced the judgment, which convicted Hassan on three counts, with three months jail term for each and fine. “The accused person had claimed in his curriculum vitae submitted to the Registrar of the Federal Polytechnic that he had a Master’s Degree in Building Construction Technology from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,” the statement read. “Mr. Hassan, who was later brought to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, made similar claim when he knew that he had no such degree. The offence is punishable under Section 25 of the ICPC Act 2000.” The accused is now serving his jail term in Madala Prison in Ilorin.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 04:20:16 +0000
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