NSCDC officer jailed seven years for defrauding jobseekers of N12.2 million
A superintendent of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Solomon Ogodo, has been sentenced to seven years in jail for defrauding jobseekers.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission said the convict deceitfully collected the sum to help them secure employment in the Nigeria Correctional Services.
Mr Solomon Ogodo was convicted of forgery, employment racketeering and fraud amounting to N12.2 million.
Mr Ogodo was in December 2022, arraigned before Justice M.S. Idris of the FCT High Court for defrauding jobseekers.
“In the five-count charge, the commission told the court how the convict, on different occasions hoodwinked some members of the public into parting with different sums of money in the guise of securing employments for their relatives in the Nigeria Correctional Services (NCoS),” said the ICPC statement.
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