53-year-old jailed two years for submitting fake marriage certificate to UK Embassy

A 53-year-old visa applicant, Kolawole Whesu Viyon, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for submitting a fake Jama-at-ul-Islamiyya of Nigeria marriage certificate for a visa of the United Kingdom.
The applicant was convicted on a three-count charge of making false statement and presentation of a false document brought against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission.
The ICPC prosecuting officer, Gogodaye West, said the convict commitment the offence on December 13, 2016.
West said Viyon, in his extrajudicial statement volunteered under caution before Nkem Ezenwa, an investigating officer with the commission, made a false statement that Akerele (f) is his third and legally married wife.
The prosecutor said the offence of knowingly making false statement intending to mislead was contrary to Section 25(1)(a) and punishable under Section 25(1)(b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
According to the statement of facts, the commission received an intelligence report that the convict conspired with one Olaronke Akerele, who is now at large, to submit a marriage certificate containing misleading information to facilitate their United Kingdom visa as a couple.
The commission said further investigation on the matter revealed that the convict and Akerele were never married as purported in the Jama-at-ul-Islamiyya of Nigeria marriage certificate submitted at the United Kingdom High Commission for a travel visa.
The commission also said the convict made an untrue statement in many material particular when he asserted that he had personally signed the Certificate of Marriage with No-JUN/LB/0000064, which is dated January 9, 2016 at 109, Tokunboh Street, Lagos Island.
In her judgement, Justice Mojisola Dada sentenced Viyon to two years in prison or with an option of an undisclosed fine, which must be paid under 24 hours.