An alleged fake army officer, Ochochi Inalegun, on Friday appeared
before a Karu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja, charged with defrauding
nine military job seekers of N998,000.
Mr. Inalegun, 33,
who pleaded not guilty, was arraigned on a five-count charge of
impersonation and unlawful possession of fake documents.
He was
accused of cheating his victims in March 2012 while posing as an army
officer able to get hem jobs in the Nigerian Army and Civil Defence
Corps.
The public prosecutor, Bulus Samuel, told the court that the
accused had paraded himself in full army camouflage and swindled the
“desperate job seekers” before his arrest.
Mr. Samuel alleged that
after the victims had waited for months without getting their
appointment letters as agreed, they reported the case at the police
station. He said that the accused was arrested and 77 copies of
certificates belonging to other victims were found in his house
following a search. 50 passport photographs belonging to his victims and
N60, 000 were also recovered from the accused person.
Mr. Samuel said that during interrogation, Mr. Inalegun confessed to the alleged crime.
“The
accused confessed that he was doing the business with a naval
commander, whom he identified, as Osita Young. He told police
interrogators that he gave Osita and one Jonah, a lieutenant, the sums
of N280,000 and N180,000, respectively to start the job process before
he was caught,” the prosecutor said.
The offences contravened
Sections 97, 312, 322 and 132 of the Penal Code and if convicted the
accused person would serve 13 years in prison with an option of fine or
both.
The Chief Magistrate, Hadiza Dodo, granted the accused bail in
the sum of N1 million and a reliable surety who must be a federal civil
servant not below grade level 12. Ms. Dodo ruled that the surety must be
resident within the jurisdiction of the court and his addresses
verified by the prosecutor. She adjourned the case to September 18 for
hearing.
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