Nysc member sentenced to 1 year imprisonment

National Youth Service Corps member, Helen
Bando has been sentenced to one year
imprisonment for submitting forged documents
to the Indian High Commission.
The corps member, Helen Bando alongside her
other accomplices, Samuel Obiakor and Segun
Alimi were on Monday sentenced one year
imprisonment each without an option of fine on
the one count amended charge by an Ikeja High
Court.
The judge, Justice Olutoyin Ipaye who said the
NYSC member out of desperation to travel
outside Nigeria made her conspire with the
others to forge the document.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
the defendants had entered a plea bargain with
the ICPC.
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According to the deal, each of the defendants
will pay a N50, 000 fine and will be sentenced to
a maximum of six months imprisonment.
Justice Olutoyin Ipaye gave her judgement
pleaded guilty to the charge during their re-
arraignment by the Independent Corrupt
Practices and other related offences
Commission (ICPC).
In November 2013 ,  the ICPC had filed the
charge.
The ICPC counsel, Paul Bassey, said the
defendants conspired to submit forged
documents to the Indian High Commission
sometime in 2013 to enable Bando obtain the
country’s visa.
He said the offences contravened Sections 25(1)
and (a), 26 (1), (a) and (c) and Section 96 (1), (a)
of the ICPC Act.