Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has sent to one year imprisonment, a staff of the Federal Ministry of Aviation, Elvis Simon Okerenyi, for defrauding a man of one million naira with fake job employment promise.
Elvis Simon Okerenyi, who was charged to court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), was given an option of fine to the tune of
N200,000.00.
The court ordered him to also pay “restitution” of the sum of N350,000.00 to Titus Tavershima, who was the victim of his crime.
Elvis Simon Okerenyi was charged to court on forgery and giving “fake employment” to a job-seeker.
ICPC said that investigations showed that Okerenyi defrauded Titus Tavershima, of the sum of One Million Naira to secure employment for him in the Federal Civil Service.
“This act is contrary to Section 320 and punishable under Section 322 of the Penal Code, Cap 532, Laws of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, 2006.
“Subsequently, the defendant entered into a plea bargain agreement with the prosecution; the initial seven-count charge was amended to a count charge to which the defendant pleaded guilty.
“The defendant pleaded guilty upon his arraignment based on a plea bargain agreement before Justice S. C. Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and was convicted pursuant to section 270(10) ACJA on the only charge in the amended charge.”
