The Commissioner of Police in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command has charged Mr Chukwuemeka Timothy, a staff of a pension company, for alleged criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery contrary to sections 97,322 and 364 of the Penal Code law.
In the first information report obtained by Channels Television, Mr Timothy is alleged to have in March, 2016 procured a forged ‘certificate of compliance’ of the pension deduction and remittance requirement for Utsola Energy Limited in Abuja after collecting the sum of 300,000 Naira.
But following the absence of the defendant and the police prosecutor, the counsel to PENCOM, Elendu Ezeala, informed the court that the prosecutor had sent a letter seeking an adjournment.
Mr Ezeala, however, asked the court to issue a bench warrant against the defendant.
Hearing of the case has been fixed for October 13.
In a related development, the Head of Communications for PENCOM, Mr Emeka Onuora, said the commission in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was compiling the list of employers who had not been remitting deducted pension contributions.
He added that over 9.38 billion Naira has been recovered from firms who deducted pension from salaries of staff under the compulsory pension scheme but failed to remit same, describing it as criminal.