The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has warned front-end enrolment partners of the National Identity Management Commission that any involvement in fraudulent National Identification Number registrations, including the enrolment of non-Nigerians as Nigerians, could attract a seven-year prison term upon conviction.
The warning was issued on Thursday in Abuja during a security briefing organised by NIMC for its front-end enrolment partners in collaboration with the Office of the National Security Adviser and other security agencies.
Speaking at the event, an Assistant Director at the ICPC, Mark Faison, said enrolment agents must strictly comply with the terms of their engagement, warning that any violation amounted to corruption.
“If you abuse the privilege you have been given, that amounts to abuse of office because you are operating on behalf of NIMC to register Nigerians. And if you do otherwise, you are abusing the trust that has been placed in
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