Crimes

Toll gate: Lagos airport supervisor jailed for N11m fraud

The Special Offenses Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos State has sentenced a supervisor at the Hajj and cargo terminal gate of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, Mohammed Idris, to prison for making false returns and corrupt self-advantage.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in a case brought before the court, revealed how the Lagos airport supervisor collected missing monies in the course of his work but could not account for them.

In a two-count charge, the ICPC counsel, Yvonne Williams-Mbata, led evidence before the court on how the investigation uncovered N11,234,000 under the defendant’s supervision and watch between February 2001 and April 2021.

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His offence is contrary to Sections 26(1)(b) and Section 25(1) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, the ICPC stated on Monday, February 3, 2025.

The presiding judge, Justice O.A. Fadipe, in her ruling, sentenced Idris to one-year imprisonment on each count in lieu of a fine of N1,000,000 for both counts.

The sentences are to run concurrently.

The judge also ordered Idris to be of good behaviour and enter a bond with the registry of the High Court in the sum of N2,000,000, adding that the failure to comply with these terms will result in a further imprisonment of ten years.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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