‘Don’ jailed four years for certificate forgery
By Augustine Tsenzenghul 12 hours 8 minutes ago
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Fwelve 12 years, he paraded fake credentials with which he got a job at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi.

    Yesterday, the law caught up with Daniel Ishola Owoademi, 51. He was jailed four years for certificate forgery.

Chief Magistrate Isa Mohammed, sitting in Bauchi, said the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.

Police Prosecutor Inspector Iliya Bitrus, told the court: “The Chief Security Officer of the university,  Mallam Garkuwa Ilimi, reported to the Police, on behalf of the university management,  that the Governing Council had discovered that Owoademi, a lecturer, possessed fake credentials.

“The credentials include four testimonials, a Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate, all of them from the Institution of Modelling in the United States of America, and one of the certificates is a B.Sc, which he claimed to have been issued by a university in Canada and with which he secured employment with the university and has since April 4, 1999, been an employee of the university.”

Bitrus added: “The suspect admitted before the Governing Council of the university that the said credentials are fake and that he forged them. More so, he could not give satisfactory account of how he came about the credentials.”

The offence is contrary to Sections 363; 364 and 321 of the Penal Code.

Owoademi admitted he was guilty of the offenses as charged, describing his act as “the devil work”.

He pleaded for leniency.

His counsel, D.T. Bukar, said it was “the first time Owoademi was involved in something like this”, praying the court to temper justice with mercy.

He said Owoademi was a pastor who presided over a church and has a family.

“Over and above that, he has shown remorse by accepting the charges against him without taking the court through any pains,” Bukar said.

Delivering judgment, Mohammed overruled the counsel’s pleas and sentenced the accused to one year imprisonment on the first count with an option of N10,000 fine.

On the second count, the Chief Magistrate sentenced Owoademi to a year imprisonment with an option of N20,000 fine.

On the third count, the convict was jailed for two years with an option of  N30,000 fine.


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Kennyblues:


Delivering judgment, Mohammed overruled the counsel’s pleas and sentenced the accused to one year imprisonment on the first count with an option of N10,000 fine.

On the second count, the Chief Magistrate sentenced Owoademi to a year imprisonment with an option of N20,000 fine.

On the third count, the convict was jailed for two years with an option of  N30,000 fine.

WTH !!! 

That is damn too lenient! A lot is wrong with our legal system. That's how Lucky Igbinedion was allowed to go free after paying some chicken change.

How about the students he has miseducated for 12 years?

I could just imagine him saying "ise esu ni"" LMAO

Kennyblues:



Owoademi admitted he was guilty of the offenses as charged, describing his act as “the devil work”.

He pleaded for leniency.

His counsel, D.T. Bukar, said it was “the first time Owoademi was involved in something like this”, praying the court to temper justice with mercy.

He said Owoademi was a pastor who presided over a church and has a family.

I wonder what these Pastors thieves teach their church

Jarus:

How about the students he has miseducated for 12 years?

You mean like the person posting a 'crime' story in the 'Politics' section?
Or like the 'Politics' section moderator (who really should know better) abetting the lawlessness by commenting?

The guy pays 60000 and walks Scot free.

I personally know this fraud. Thank God!

Believe me this man can't even slove

heat equation. He was claiming alot of

stuff like US this, Canada that, Russia

blah blah. . . When we came in to help

the students at ATBU, we were accuse of

witch hunting a pastor by the christain

comminuty. He is not alone in the crime

Engr. Jerry Edbo. The deen school of

Engineering should also be investigated.

Engr. Aje Tokan is also a fraud.

texazzpete:

You mean like the person posting a 'crime' story in the 'Politics' section?
Or like the 'Politics' section moderator (who really should know better) abetting the lawlessness by commenting?

Oh, that was not nice!

Thread moved to right section.

If there is anything I have learnt on NL is to ignore dimwit like him ( texazzpete ) and mind you I enjoy posting mainly on politics section, so go get a life