Education
Police Arraign Principal Over N.6m Fraud
The police on Thurs
day arraigned, a school principal, Samuel Patrick, in a Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for defrauding the school of N600,000.
Patrick the principal of Lukas International School, Jikwoyi , Abuja, is facing a two-count charge of misappropriation and cheating.
The Prosecutor, John Simon, told the court that Yunusa Joseph of Nyanya, Abuja, reported the matter at Criminal Intelligence Department (CID), Abuja on October 10.
Simon said that the defendant dishonestly misappropriated N600,000 part of school fees for some students in the school between 2015 and 2016.
He said that the defendant directed some parents to pay the school fees to his personal account instead of the normal procedure of paying into the school account.
Simon added that the defendant diverted the money for his personal use.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened sections 308 and 322 of the Penal Code.
Patrick pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Senior Magistrate, Teribo Jim, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N100,000 with a reasonable surety in like sum.
Jim also ordered that the surety must have fixed address within the jurisdiction of the court, and adjourned the matter till November 9 for hearing.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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