Amdii Monday Gideon, a government servant in the Office of the Federation’s Head of Civil Service, has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
The ICPC accused the defendant of being involved in an employment scam.
He is claimed to have sought N250,000 from a candidate and received N162,500 in exchange for the promise of a position with the Federal Civil Service Commission.
After the criminal failed to secure the job and refused to refund his money, the victim reported the incident to the ICPC.
The ICPC’s counsel, Michael Adesola, had told the court in the case filed against him at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court 17 in Gwagwalada that the convict’s actions contravene Sections 8 and 10 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000 and Section 1 (3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act 2006.
The charge reads in part: “That You Amdii Monday Gideon (M) on or about the month of June 2015 at Abuja Federal Capital Territory while being a Public Officer at Registry Unit of the Permanent Secretary (Special Duties) office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation corruptly asks for the sum of N162,500.00 (One hundred and sixty-two thousand five hundred naira) from (name withheld) to secure a job for him and you thereby committed an offense contrary to section 8(1)(a) and punishable under section 8(1)(ii) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offence Act 2000.”
Meanwhile, the prosecutor’s case was proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Monday was found guilty of the allegations against him and was sentenced to seven years in prison without the possibility of a fine.
The ICPC recently hosted a Policy Dialogue on Ensuring Transparency in the Nigerian Public Service Recruitment Process.
It is one of the Commission’s initiatives to combat recurrent occurrences of job swindling.
Prof Bolaji Owasanoye, the head of the ICPC, revealed the following:
“The Commission received almost 100 petitions on recruitment scam from victims, institutions and complicit individuals.”
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