Nigeria: Another 22 Police Recruits Charged With Forgery.

Twenty two police recruits attending training at the Nigeria Police Training College in Ilorin, were on Friday charged, in two separate magistrates’ courts, with using fake documents to gain employment into the Nigeria Police Force.
It was the second time in the week that police recruits would be fished out for using fake certificates.
In Lagos, 23 persons, male and female, training at the Police College, Ikeja were charged with using fake educational qualifications.

The accused persons in Ilorin were arraigned on a four count-charge of criminal conspiracy, forgery, impersonation and using as true certificates known to be false, contrary to sections 97, 363,132 163 of the Penal Code.
The Prosecutors, Insp. David Wodi and Sgt. Mathew Ologbonsaye, informed the respective courts that the accused were arrested after screening their certificates and discovering that they were all forged.

“The certificate presented by the accused persons ranging from Senior Secondary School (SSCE), National Certificate of Education (NCE) and University degrees are suspected to be fake.”
All the accused persons in a separate plea, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.
The prosecutors told the court that investigations into the case were ongoing and urged the court to remand the accused in prison custody, pending the completion of investigations.
Mr Shina Ibiyemi, Director of the Legal Aid Council in Kwara, who stood for the accused persons in the courts applied for their bail on liberal terms.
He told the court that section 36 (5) of the penal code law still presumed the accused innocent until the contrary was proven, adding that the accused persons would present reliable surety, if bail was granted ... Trendinaija Source/Read More