Court registrar bags 3-yr jail term over N80,000 bribe

The Registrar of a Magistrate's Court in
Enugu State has been sentenced to three years
imprisonment for demanding bribe in the course of
discharging his official duty.
Anikwu Ifesinachi was convicted and sentenced by
Justice A. A. Nwobodo of Enugu High Court without
an option of fine.
The convict was arraigned by the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission, ICPC, on a two-count charge of
demanding and receiving bribe.
Ifesinachi was acused of demanding a bribe of
N80,000 from the relation of a suspect before he
would process the warrant of release.
The relation went to ICPC and was given marked
money. As soon as the accused collected the money,
he was arrested by operatives of the commission and
subsequently charged.
Sent From David Aniemeka