The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested one Mr Emmanuel Eneji, for claiming to be a former employee of the defunct Nigeria Airways.
The Commission’s Spokesperson Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said Eneji was arrested at the Ministry of Finance, Abuja, venue of the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA).
“This is where all ex-staff of the non-operational agency have been presenting themselves for verification.”
According to the statement, the alleged impostor claimed to have worked as Operations Manager of the Airways in Ghana, and had presented a verification slip that belonged to another.
“But checks on his documents and other findings uncovered him to be an impostor, as insiders familiar with the operations of the defunct airways told investigators that the position of Operations Manager in Ghana never existed.”
Okoduwa said when Emoji was further probed on the authenticity of his claim, he claimed that he lost his Nigeria Airways Staff Identity Card, including employment letter, letter of promotion from Grade Level 09 to 10.
He claimed to have also lost his letter of disengagement as well as his academic certificates in a fire incident during the Zango Kataf uprising in 1993 at Malali, Kaduna.
“The only document in his possession linking him to the non-operational airways is a photocopy of the Nigeria Airways Training School Certificate.
“The suspect also claimed to have used a Police Report and an affidavit for the lost documents to scale through the verification exercise in Lagos, which enabled him to obtain a Verification Slip and a Bio-Data Form from PICA.
“He further claimed that one Mr Ajayi, a worker of the Nigeria Airways Union, issued him the verification number on the list of staff to be verified, that belonged to another person upon the presentation of Police Report and the affidavit.
“Investigation on the matter continues and the suspect will be charged to court upon conclusion,” Okoduwa said.(NAN)
