A lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Ilyas AbdulWasiu, is now facing prosecution for allegedly collecting over one million naira from two job seekers under the pretence that he would secure employment for them in the institution.
He has consequently been remanded in prison after being arraigned before the Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday October 29.
AbdulWasiu, who teaches at the accounting department of the polytechnic, however, pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges profered against him.
In the court, one of the counts he is facing was read thus: “That you Mustapha Ilyas Abdulwasiu between June and July 2018 at Offa, within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court with intent to defraud obtained the sum of #600,000.00 (Six hundred thousand naira) from one Amubiaya Raphael Oluwafemi by false pretence that you were in charge of employment at the Federal Polytechnic, Offa and obtained the money for the purpose of securing employment for the said Amubiaya Raphael Oluwafemi and his wife, Amubiaya Remi Janet which representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, No. 14, 2006.
“That you, Mustapha Ilyas Abdulwasiu between December, 2018 and February 2019 at Offa within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court with intent to defraud obtained the sum of #550,000.00 (Five hundred and fifty thousand naira) from one Mustapha Kabir by false pretence that you were in charge of Employment at the Federal Polytechnic, Offa and you obtained the money for the purpose of securing employment for the said Mustapha Kabir and his wife, Jimoh Ganiyatu which representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, No 14 , 2006.”
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye adjourned the hearing till November 7th, 2019 but its the order that the accused be remanded in Mandala Prison pending the hearing and determination of his bail application.
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