The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Abubakar Aseku, an assistant superintendent of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), for allegedly earning salaries from two additional government agencies while still in active service with the NIS.
Aseku was arraigned on Tuesday before Justice Binta Dogonyaro of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo on a nine-count charge bordering on abuse of office and corruption.
According to the ICPC, Aseku fraudulently received N4.2 million from the Nasarawa State Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology in 2015 while working as a schoolteacher, despite being on the payroll of the immigration service.
The commission further alleged that between 2018 and 2019, he earned an additional N13.4 million in salaries from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) while still employed by the NIS.
The anti-graft agency also accused Aseku of facilitating the payment of N4.7 million in salaries to seven individuals who were neither employees of the NIS nor on its payroll while serving as a pay officer with the immigration service.
During the court session, Aseku pleaded not guilty to all charges.
His counsel, Basil Hemba, urged the court to uphold the bail conditions previously granted to his client by another FCT High Court in Maitama.
Justice Dogonyaro agreed and maintained the earlier bail terms.
Following Aseku’s plea, ICPC counsel Michael Adesola requested an adjournment to allow the prosecution to present its witnesses.
Consequently, the court adjourned the matter until April 29, 2025, for the commencement of trial.
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