Immigration officer jailed seven years for passport fraud
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo convicted Quadri Adeyinka, an immigration officer, to seven years in prison for passport fraud.Adeyinka was charged with four charges of gratification, conferment of corrupt advantage, and cheating, all of which violated the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, and the Penal Code Act.
Adeyinka was claimed to have accepted N100,000 from one Ovie Ojeffia to regularize his passport but then reneged.
The victim then petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, which conducted an investigation and arraigned the convict in court.
In a statement issued on Sunday, the commission's Acting Director of Public Enlightenment and Education, Demola Bakare, stated that the judge found him guilty of all of the charges brought against Adeyinka.
The announcement said in part, "The ICPC has achieved the conviction of one Quadri Ismail Adeyinka, a staff member of the Nigeria Immigration Service, for committing travel passport fraud.
"The Commission had arraigned the prisoner of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, Abuja, on four charges.
"Dr. Osuobeni Ekoi Akponimisingha, counsel to the ICPC, testified before the court during the trial about how Mr Adeyinka defrauded one Mr Ovie Justice Ojeffia under the guise of regularizing the latter's international passport."
The announcement said in part, "The ICPC has achieved the conviction of one Quadri Ismail Adeyinka, a staff member of the Nigeria Immigration Service, for committing travel passport fraud.
"The Commission had arraigned the prisoner of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, Abuja, on four charges.
"In his decision, Justice Onwuegbuzie found Mr. Adeyinka guilty on all four counts and sentenced him to seven years apiece for counts 1 and 2, five years for count 4, and two years for count 3.
"The sentences will run concurrently."
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