ICPC
ICPC drags Folake
ICPC
ICPC drags Folake Oguneye of Law Reform to Court over
N26 Fraud
A former Secretary to the Nigeria Law Reform Commission, Mrs.
Folake Abiodun Oguneye, has been arraigned before Hon. Justice M.B.
Idris of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court 29 sitting
in Nyanya for fraud by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other
Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
Mrs. Oguneye is facing prosecution for allegedly defrauding the
Federal Government of the sum of N26,637,116.00.
The Commission, in a 5-count charge, had averred that Mrs.
Oguneye, while serving as the Secretary to the Nigeria Law Reform
Commission conferred corrupt advantage upon herself by using her
office to derive various unlawful pecuniary benefits for herself to
the tune of the above sum.
ICPC, in Charge No: CR/334/19 told the court how the accused
person received the sum of N4, 100,000.00 from Kings and Khad Tours
and Travels Nigeria Limited which was part of the sum of
N10,171,100.00 paid to a company, Snugees Investment Limited, by
the Nigeria Law Reform Commission for publicity over the reform and
unification of Sale of Goods law in Nigeria.
The defendant was also accused of receiving the sum of
N96,293.05k monthly amounting to N1,155,516.6k for one year as
furniture allowance from the Law Reform Commission whereas she had
actually collected the bulk sum of N5,777,600.00 for the five-year
period of her tenure.
Mrs. Oguneye, was further charged for accepting the sums of
N15,004,000.00 from one Huthman Ademola Oluwatoyin, the Proprietor
of Mutoy Adekunle Enterprises, being part of the sum of
N15,516,225.00 for the unification of Sale of Goods law in Nigeria
and N600,000.00 as gratification from a contract she had awarded
respectively.
Her action is contrary to and punishable under sections 10 (a)
(ii) and 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Act, 2000. If she is found guilty, she shall on conviction be
liable to imprisonment for five years without any option of
fine.
Oguneye pleaded not guilty to all the charges leveled against
her and her counsel, A.O. Ayodele, via a written application sought
the reliefs of the court to grant her bail which was not opposed by
the prosecution.
The trial judge therefore admitted the accused person to bail in
the sum of N5,000,000.00 and a surety in like sum who must not be
lesser than a Grade Level 14 public officer within the jurisdiction
of the court, and must possess evidence of a landed property within
the FCT.
The matter has been adjourned to September 19th 2019 for the
prosecution to open its case.
Signed: Mrs. Rasheedat A. Okoduwa, mni
Spokesperson for the Commission