The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Mr Dare Adebowale Oladapo, a former Deputy Director at the Kwara State Directorate of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, for falsifying his age and fraudulently receiving salaries and allowances for four months after his due retirement from service.
The conviction was delivered by Honourable Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on Tuesday, 7th October 2025, under Charge No. KWS/64C/2022.
The case stemmed from a petition filed before the ICPC by Ilorin-based legal practitioner, F. F. Ikebundu, Esq., of Ayo Ajomole & Co.
Investigations by the Commission revealed that the defendant had falsified his date of birth to extend his years of service unlawfully and, in doing so, conferred an undue advantage upon himself.
Prosecuting Counsels to the ICPC, Messrs. Kalu Ugbo and Zainab Moshood, informed the court that the defendant’s fraudulent conduct resulted in the receipt of unearned salaries and allowances amounting to ₦1,233,258.95 between 2019 and 2020.
Specifically, Count 1 bothering on the Defendant’s corrupt act wherein he orchestrated the alteration of his date of birth at the National Population Commission to elongate his years of service in the public service is an offence contrary to Section 25(1) (a) and punishable under Section (25) (b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.
Count 2 against the Defendant relates to his contravention of Section 25 (1) (a), which is punishable under Section 25 (1)(b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.
The charge highlighted the Defendant’s misleading intent as it pinpoints that he made false statement of Oath in an Affidavit dated 15/02/2012 with which he maintained his falsified date of birth as 11th November,1964 as against 11th November,1959 and with which he ultimately altered his record of service at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development since inception of his employment in 1997.
Count 3 reads “That you Dare Adebowale Oladapo “m” on or about December 2019 to April 2020 at Ilorin Kwara State as Deputy Director in the Service of Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development used your said office to confer unfair advantage upon yourself in the sum of N1,233,258.95k (One Million, Two Hundred and Thirty-Three Thousand, Two Hundred and Fifty-Eight Naira, Ninety-Five Kobo) being salaries and allowances earned by you from December 2019 to April 2020 when you ought to have retired from the public service but manipulated your record to extend your service years and you thereby commit an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000”.
After a thorough trial, Justice Yusuf found Mr. Oladapo guilty on Counts One and Two for making a false statement and conferring a corrupt advantage upon himself, in violation of Section 25(1)(a) and punishable under Section 25(1)(b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
The court, however, discharged and acquitted him on Count Three. Consequently, the court sentenced the defendant to two years’ imprisonment, with an option of a ₦100,000 fine on each of the two counts.
In addition, the court ordered him to refund the total sum of ₦1,233,258.95 to the Federal Government, representing the salaries and allowances he unlawfully collected during the four months he overstayed in service.
Following the judgment, the convict promptly paid the ₦200,000 fine for Counts One and Two and refunded the full sum of ₦1,233,258.95 into the ICPC Recovery Account as directed by the court.
