The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission (ICPC), Monday, October, 11, 2021, at a Plateau state High Court sitting in Jos, arraigned former Presidential Aide, Okoi Obono-Obla, on charges of forgery.
The allegation was that he forged the School Certificate result with which he was admitted to the University of Jos to read Law.
Recall that in 2020, he was arraigned on a ten-count charge of corruption, which included forgery and falsification, which the Commission discontinued.
But the charges were dropped because the agency felt it should stand on its own as a separate charge on a separate court and date.
The charge was that Mr. Obono-Obla, falsified “a Mary Knoll College, Ogoja General Certificate of Education, Ordinary Level, May/June 1982 (GCE) Statement of Result with candidate No: 09403/247 showing an O’Level credit (6) score for Literature in English, thereby “dishonestly” using the O’Level certificate“as genuine”, to study Law for the 1985/86 academic session in the University of Jos (UNIJOS).
He, however, pleaded not guilty and was subsequently granted bail. He is to pay one million Naira and bring a surety who the court says must be resident in Jos and must produce three years tax clearance.
ICPC must, however, vet the credibility of the dirty to their satisfaction.
President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Mr. Obono-Obla as the Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel (SPIP) for the Recovery of Public Property two years ago, based on ICPC’s report accusing him of “falsification of records and financial impropriety”.
, Monday, October, 11, 2021, at a Plateau state High Court sitting in Jos, arraigned former Presidential Aide, Okoi Obono-Obla, on charges of forgery.){kind=link}