A former Acting Executive Secretary of the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA), Victoria Odumosu, has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for age falsification.
Mrs. Odumosu was arraigned before Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama.
She is standing trial on a five-count charge bordering on conferring a corrupt advantage upon herself as a public officer in order to keep herself in public service beyond the statutory retirement age.
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The former BCDA boss was alleged to have changed her date of birth on the agency’s nominal roll from July 6, 1956, to July 6, 1960, when she was made the head of Human Resources Department of the agency.
The action is contrary to Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
Mrs. Odumosu’s age falsification was unearthed by ICPC after an investigation was launched into a petition received against her.
In court, the accused pleaded not guilty to all the charges preferred against her when they were read out to her.
However, her counsel, Sayo Odumosu, in a written application, sought the leave of the court to grant bail to the accused.
But Justice Goodluck adjourned the case to Friday, October 19, for a bail hearing, while the suspect was ordered to be remanded in the ICPC custody.
