SHOWBIZPLUSNG gathered that an Enugu High Court has sentenced
the Registrar of a Magistrate’s Court in Enugu State, Anikwu Ifesinachi, to
three years imprisonment without an option of fine, for demanding bribe.
According to a statement from the
spokesperson for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences
Commission, Mr. Folu Olamiti, on Sunday, Justice A. A. Nwobodo convicted him
after finding him guilty of contravening section 10 (a) (ii) of the ICPC Act,
2000.
Ifesinachi was accused of demanding
N80, 000.00 bribe from the relation of a suspect before he would process the
warrant of release of the suspect who was in custody for about two years.
The statement said, “After
persistent demand, the relation approached ICPC and the Commission gave him
marked money. As soon as the accused collected the money from the relation, he
was arrested by the operatives of the ICPC.
“Consequently, the accused was
charged on two counts for demanding and receiving bribe under the ICPC Act in
the High Court of Enugu,” it added.
The ICPC in the charge stated that
Ifesinachi on or about June 2010, whilst being the clerk of the Magistrate
Court, Awgu, received the bribe purportedly for Chief Magistrate J.S Ede of the
same Magistrate’s Court, before the warrant of one Maduabuchi Oji could be
processed.
In the course of the trial, the
prosecution called three witnesses and tendered some exhibits while the accused
gave evidence without calling any witness.
In his defence, he claimed to have
collected the money on behalf of the complainants whom he did not call as a
witness.
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