A magistrate court in Ilorin, Kwara State has convicted a 73-year-old trader, Bashir Alabi of Gbagba area, Ilorin, for falsification of vehicle documents.
Bashir Alabi was handed over to the Police for investigation on March 21, 2022, having been confirmed by the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) Motor Licensing Authority (MLA) office Pake, Ilorin that vehicle documents presented for processing by Bashir were fake.
An extensive investigation on the case revealed three other suspects, Ogunmoroti Akindele, 56 years old trader of Kilanko area, Ilorin, Idowu Adebisi, 73 years old, business centre operator at G.R.A, Ilorin and Johnson Ariyo, 32 years old computer operator at G.R.A, Ilorin.
The additional three suspects were nabbed by the Monitoring Unit of Kwara State Police Command for having incriminating documents in their possession and for involvement in the trade of printing and selling of fake Kwara State Vehicle documents.
A further investigation by the Police also established recovery of forged and fake Kwara State Vehicle documents from the shop of one Jamiu, who is now at large.
Having established a case of falsification, forgery and conspiracy by the Police, all suspects were arraigned before Chief Magistrate A. M. Ibrahim on Wednesday.
The first suspect, Bashir Alabi pleaded guilty to the offences as charged and the trial Magistrate, Chief Magistrate A. M. Ibrahim gave the accused, a summary trial and eventually sentenced the 73-year-old Bashir to two years imprisonment with an option of fine and the other three suspects, who pleaded not guilty were ordered to be remanded in prison custody, pending further trial of the case.
The case was adjourned till April 19, 2022, for mention and/or hearing.
Meanwhile, the Executive Chairman, KW-IRS, Shade Omoniyi, has warned individuals in the act of revenue diversion and racketeering to desist from these acts to avoid the wrath of the law.
She also enjoined residents of Kwara State to deal directly with revenue officers of KW-IRS at the various revenue touch points located across the state, or transact through the online platforms of the service and desist from illegality and patronage of agents for any revenue transaction.
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