Thirty-seven newly recruited policemen, who were undergoing training at the Police College, Ilorin, Kwara State, have been arraigned for allegedly presenting fake certificates.
Our correspondent learnt on Friday that the suspects had spent five months at the college before they were discovered to have allegedly presented fake certificates and other documents which had aided their recruitment into the force.
It was learnt that the suspects were discovered on March 12, 2012 when a screening team of detectives from the Monitoring Unit of the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abuja, led by Deputy Superintendent U.C. Chika, arrested them for presenting fake documents for recruitment.
Chika alleged that the accused were recruited into the police with various certificates.
The certificates included Senior Secondary School Certificate, National Certificate of Education and university degrees, which were said to have been allegedly forged.
They were also accused of falsifying their ages.
Police First Information Report on the matter said that after
investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department, it was confirmed that the suspects committed the alleged offences. On discovery of the alleged fake documents, the suspects, who included eight females, were arraigned before three separate magistrate’s courts in Ilorin on charges of criminal conspiracy, forgery, impersonation and using as authentic certificates known to be fake.
The alleged offences contravened sections 97, 363, 132, and 163 of the Penal Code Law of the Federation of Nigeria.
The prosecutor, who had informed the court that the alleged offences were not ordinarily bailable, objected to their bail applications.
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