Woman Imprisoned for Forging Late Abba Kyari's Signature

 A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Gwagwalada, Abuja, has sentenced a mother of five, Ramat Mba, to one year imprisonment for her involvement in an employment scam. According to prosecution reports, the now convicted Ramat had carried out her fraudulent deeds in the year 2020 when she had obtained the sum of 4.5 million naira from various job seekers with a promise of helping them secure employment with the ICPC and National Air Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA).

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In addition to Ramat Mba's fraudulent promise of securing employment for her unsuspecting victims, she had according to documented evidence tendered by the prosecutor, Hamza Sani, on behalf of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), gone on to forge the signature of the late Abba Kyari(He died in April 2020), Chief of Staff to the former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari. ICPC spokesperson, Demola Bakare, revealed details of Ramat Mba's legal proceedings(she had been remanded at the Suleja Correctional Center prior to her sentencing) in a statement issued on Friday 17 May 2024, in his words: “The trial judge, Justice Muhammad, in his judgment on May 9, 2024, convicted the mother of five children on counts 1, 2, 3 and 5 that border on cheating and forgery, while she was discharged on count 4 which borders on felony. Justice Muhammad, during the sentencing on Thursday, pronounced a six-month jail term or N100,000 option of fine on counts 1, 2 and 3 on the convict. The presiding judge, who stressed the status of the convict as a first-time offender and a mother, also sentenced her to one-year imprisonment or N150,000 option on fine on count 5 which borders on forgery.”