Justice Binta Dogonyaro of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Apo, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Jubrin Buba, an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, following his failure to appear in court after being granted bail.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
NAN reports that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC had earlier arraigned Buba before Justice Asma’u Akanbi of the FCT High Court in Kubwa for alleged forgery and providing false statements.
Akanbi had granted the defendant bail but during the pendency of the case, the judge was elevated to the Court of Appeal and the matter was reassigned to Justice Binta Dogonyaro of the FCT High Court, Apo, to start afresh.
The ICPC was to rearrange Buba on Thursday before Dongoyaro on six counts bordering forgery and providing false statements.
The ICPC alleged that Buba had sometime in February 2015, fraudulently presented a fake BSc Degree Certificate in Public Administration, dated Oct. 7, 2009, purportedly issued by the University of Jos to secure a job with the NSCDC.
The prosecution contended that this was contrary to Section 366 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 364 of the same law.
He was further accused of making a false statement to a public officer contrary to the provision of Section 25 (1) (a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Act, 2000.
When the case came up for Buba’s re-arraignment, neither he, his lawyer nor surety were in court, and no reason was given for their absence in court.
Given this development, the Counsel to ICPC, Mr Aniekan Ekong, expressed surprise that the defendant, his lawyer and surety were absent in court despite being duly notified.
The prosecuting counsel, therefore, urged the court to issue a bench warrant for the defendant’s arrest.
He also urged the court to issue a notice to his surety to show cause why the bail bond should not be forfeited to the Federal Government.
In her ruling, Justice Dogonyaro issued a bench warrant against the defendant for his arrest.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Dogonyaro then adjourned the matter until March 4 for arraignment and hearing.
