Korede Abdullah in Lagos
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 drawing salaries from two additional government agencies while still employed by the NIS.
Aseku appeared before Justice Binta Dogonyaro of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, Abuja, on a nine-count charge bordering on abuse of office and corruption.
According to the ICPC, Aseku allegedly received N4.2 million in salaries from the Nasarawa State Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology in 2015, and N13.4 million in salaries from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) between 2018 and 2019.
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 N13,400,889.90 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”.
Aseku pleaded not guilty to all charges, and his counsel, Mr. Basil Hemba, urged the court to maintain the existing bail terms previously granted by another FCT High Court.
Justice Dogonyaro upheld the bail conditions and adjourned the case to April 29, 2025, for further hearing. The ICPC’s counsel, Mr. Michael Adesola, requested the adjournment to allow the prosecution to present its witnesses.
