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    ICPC Case: Fake Doctor, Martin’s Ugwu Uses ‘Best Friend’s’ Certificate To Secure Appointment In Health Ministry, Bags 4-Year Jail Term

    HumsiBy HumsiNovember 27, 2024No Comments2 Mins Read
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    By Miriam Humbe

    The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Mr. Martins Ugwu who impersonated and used the certificate of his ‘best friend’ to secure a job at the Federal Ministry of Health.

    Demola Bakare, the Ag. Director, Public Enlightenment and Education/
    Spokesperson for the ICPC disclosed this in a statement signed on Tuesday.

    ICPC, had in February 2016, filed a 7-count charge before Justice Abubakar Idris Kutigi, against Ugwu, for making false statement to the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, through which he secured employment into the Federal Ministry of Health, in 2006.

    The ICPC said the offence contravened Section 25 (1) (a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Acts, 2000 and punishable under Section 25 (1) (b) of the same Act.

    The Convict, according to the ICPC, also drew salaries and allowances up to N17.2 million between 2006 and 2016, after working for about ten years as a Medical Doctor at the Federal Ministry of Health with the fake documents.

    Ugwu also used the fake documents to procure a staff identity card bearing the name of Dr. George Daniel Davidson, applied for annual leave as well as a post graduate training programme which would have conferred on him, a Master’s degree in the Field of Epidemiology Practice.

    During the sentence hearing on Tuesday at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi, Counsel to the ICPC, Dr. Osuobeni Ekoi Akponimisingha, citing Section 319 and 321 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) urged the Court to order the restitution of all money the culprit earned while he was parading himself as Dr. David George with a stolen certificate.

    Delivering his judgement, Justice Kutigi stated that the issue of quack doctors has taken a new dimension and the sentencing of Ugwu would serve as a deterrent to others who might want to venture into the practice without necessary certifications.

    The Judge therefore sentenced the fake doctor to a jail term of 6-months (consecutively) on each of the 7-counts preferred against him by the ICPC.

    Justice Kutigi also ordered the restitution of the salaries and allowances paid to the convict while under the employment of the Federal Ministry of Health.

    He said that an additional one-year jail term should be served in case the convict failed to meet up with the restitution order.

    Administration of Criminal Justice Act Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu Federal Ministry Of Health ICPC Martin's Ugwu
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