The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has disassociated itself from Ukanwa Ikechukwu, a corps member who was arrested over allegations of defrauding a female police officer, ACP Modupe Okpaleke.
On Friday, April 14, he was arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court in Oyo state, where he faced charges of fraud and theft for allegedly defrauding a police officer of N235,000.
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The Director of Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, stated that the offender, Ikechukwu, had completed his service with the NYSC in February 2023 and left.
The statement read in part;
The attention of the NYSC management in Oyo State has been drawn to the information circulating on social media about a corps member sent to jail in Ibadan, Oyo State, for criminal offence. Management wishes to make the following clarifications; the said Ukanwa Ikechuwuku is now an ex-corps member who passed out of National Service in February 2023.
Secondly, when he was serving, he collected a sum of N235,000 to purchase a physiotherapy machine for a woman at the police clinic where he was serving but failed to get the machine. Every attempt made by the woman to get a refund of her money from this ex-corps member proved abortive, therefore she decided to charge him to court for criminal offence.
I wish to emphasise that the NYSC uniform is not an immunity against any form of criminality because the laws of the federation applies to all and sundry.
During his arraignment in court, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him. The prosecution, Inspector Olufemi Omilana, alleged that the suspect received N235,000 from Modupe Okpaleke on December 4, 2022, with the intention to deceive.
Omilana further explained that Ukenwa met ACP Okpaleke while she was receiving treatment for a leg ailment at the Police Cottage Hospital in Eleyele, Ibadan, and advised her to buy a bicycle.
The police assert that Ikechukwu, who was serving his NYSC at the Police Cottage Hospital in Eleyele, Ibadan, obtained N235k from the female officer to help her but instead fraudulently utilized the money for his personal use.
The prosecution stated that the defendant’s actions contravened sections 390 (9) and 419 of the Oyo State 2000 Criminal Code.
Originally posted 2024-05-29 08:35:25.
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