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Retiree Lands in Court Over NYSC Pension Fraud

Blessing Oziwo by Blessing Oziwo
January 27, 2025
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Retiree Lands in Court Over NYSC Pension Fraud

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By Paul Michael, Defence Editor, Abuja

A retiree, Mr. Nyong Effiong Major, has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over his alleged involvement in pension fraud.

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Major, who retired from the Federal Ministry of Justice after 32 years in service, was said to have received pensions from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) where he never worked.

He was charged before Justice H. Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court 27, sitting in Abuja, on a 3-count charge, where ICPC accused him of receiving the total of N667, 871.43, over a period of eight years, as pension from NYSC beside his entitled pension from the Ministry of Justice.

According to the anti-graft agency, the offence which was committed between May 2010 and April 2018 contravened Section 13 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and is punishable under Section 68 of the same Act.

One of the charges reads, “That you Nyong Effiong Major, sometime between May 2010 and April 2018 or thereabout in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did receive the sum of N667,871.43 which was obtained by an act constituting a felony to wit: obtaining by false pretence, knowing that the money had been so obtained and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 13 and punishable under Section 68 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.”

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Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) in a verification exercise in 2018 was said to have uncovered the alleged offense by the accused, who retired in 2005 from the Ministry of Justice.

Major was according found to have been receiving monthly pension from NYSC, which he claimed to be on behalf of an uncle, one Lawrence Etim Major that retired from the Corps. Findings, however, revealed that though the said Lawrence Etim Major did retire from NYSC as a gardener, he was not entitled to any pension.

The accused pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him. His counsel, M. Adejuwon, in an oral application, prayed the court to grant him bail on health grounds.

The bail application was not opposed by the prosecution counsel, N. Onwuka, as she told the court that all offences under the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 were bailable.

In his ruling, the trial Judge admitted him to bail in sum of N500,000 and a surety in like sum. The surety must be a resident of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The matter was then adjourned to 29th March 2022 for commencement of hearing.

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