Akpoghene was charged by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission before the Delta State High Court, Asaba.
The ICPC made this known in a statement on Friday. The convict was arraigned before Justice Onome Marshal-Umukoro of the Delta State High Court Asaba, for receiving double salary from the Delta State House of Assembly and Ughelli South Local Government Area. The statement read: “Counsel to ICPC, Mrs. S. Chibuzor, had told the court that the convict fraudulently received the total sum of N14,525,550 as double salary, over a period of four years from the State Assembly and the local government council.”
“He committed the offence while working as a state civil servant and a supervisory councillor with Ughelli South Local Government Area simultaneously.”
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