The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Mr. Abubakar Mohammed Aseku, an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), for allegedly receiving salaries from three government agencies simultaneously.
Mr. Aseku was brought before Justice Binta Dogonyaro of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja, on Tuesday, facing a nine-count charge related to abuse of office and corruption.
According to the ICPC, the defendant allegedly received ₦4.2 million in salaries from the Nasarawa State Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology in 2015 while still employed by the NIS as a schoolteacher. Additionally, he is accused of drawing ₦13.4 million in salaries from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) between 2018 and 2019, despite maintaining his position at the NIS.
Furthermore, as a Pay Officer at the NIS, Mr. Aseku allegedly facilitated the payment of ₦4.7 million in salaries to seven individuals who were neither employees of the service nor on its payroll.
One of the charges reads:
“That you, Abubakar Mohammed Aseku, between October 2018 and October 2019, in Abuja, while serving as an Assistant Superintendent Immigration Officer, used your position to confer corrupt advantage upon yourself by receiving a total sum of ₦13,400,889.90 in salaries from the Department of Petroleum Resources while concurrently employed by the Nigerian Immigration Service, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.”
Mr. Aseku pleaded not guilty to all charges. His counsel, Mr. Basil Hemba, informed the court that his client had previously been granted bail by another FCT High Court in Maitama and urged the court to maintain the existing bail terms.
Justice Dogonyaro upheld the previous bail conditions. The ICPC’s counsel, Mr. Michael Adesola, requested an adjournment to allow the prosecution to present its witnesses. The case was subsequently adjourned to April 29, 2025, for further hearing.
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