Other principal officers arraigned alongside the former Provost are Director of Works, Mr. Chukwuka Jonas Ifechukwude, the Register, Mr. Ogbechie Linus were arraigned at the Federal high Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State for corruption and misappropriation.
The Register, Mr. Ogbechie was arraigned by ICPC for conspiring with the former Provost to offer illegal employment to an unqualified relation of Dr. Ezoem thereby committing an offence contrary to section 26 (1) (c) and punishable under section 19 of the corrupt practices and other offences act 2000.
In a six count charge with charge No. FHC/ASB/49c/8, the antigraft agency stated that the school handlers conspired to and used their offices as Provost and Director of Works of College to confer unfair advantage on moropol construction limited by recommending and approving payment of N33. 823, 333.90 representing 50 percent of the contract sum awarded in favour of moropol construction limited in February 2013, when no such job had been done by the contractor and College handlers thereby committed an offence punishable under section 26(1)(c).
The second count charge reads thus “That you Dr. Ezoem Ignatius and Chukwuka Jonas Ifechukwude on or about month of march, 2013 at Asaba, Delta State conspired and use your office as the Provost and Director of works the college to confer corrupt advantage on moropol construction limited by asserting in your minutes dated 26th March, 2013 that the contractor deserved 50% of the contract sum when no such job had been done by the contractor and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 19 of the corrupt practices and other related offences act 2000.
“That you conspired to knowingly make false statements to the Bursar of the college in the course of performance of his official duties by asserting in minutes dated 26/3/2013 that the work on the construction of 350 capacity lecture theatre at permanent site of the college has progressed well and contractor deserved 50% of the contract sum when no such work had been done and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 26(1)(c), 25(1)(a) and punishable under section 25(1)(b) of the corrupt practices act 2000.
“That you Dr. Ezoem Nwanze Ignatius and Ugbechie Linus on or about the month of Feb 2013 at Asaba within the jurisdiction of the court as the Provost and Register, federal college of education conspired to use your said offices to confer corrupt advantage on Egbulem John Paul Nkenna a relation of Dr. Ezoem wife by offering employment to Egbulem John Paul when he didn’t posses relevant qualifications for employment into public service of Nigeria for lack of national youth service discharge certificate and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 26(1)(c) and punishable under section 19 of the corrupt practices and other offences act 2000 among others”.
