Ex-NECO Employee Jailed 24 Years for Forged Diploma

A former NECO staff member has been sentenced by a Niger State High Court to 24 years in prison for certificate forgery and related offenses. The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) proved that Abdulwahab Sule used a fake diploma purportedly from Modibbo Adama University to secure employment in 2009. The court found him guilty on three counts, including using a forged document and making false statements. Investigations revealed the certificate, dated March 2008, was not issued by the university. Sule admitted he paid ₦30,000 for the forged document and had not completed his studies. His sentences on each count will run concurrently, totaling 12 years of actual imprisonment. The ICPC urged public institutions to verify staff credentials regularly and warned that forgery and corruption would not go unpunished.

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