Two men, Ugwu Pascal Chijioke and Ibrahim Sadiq Adekunle have been sentenced to 46-years imprisonment for impersonating operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) while executing a fake court order.
Two men, Ugwu Pascal Chijioke and Ibrahim Sadiq Adekunle, have been sentenced to 46 years imprisonment for impersonating operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission while executing a fake court order.
One of the counts read: “That you, Ugwu Pascal Chijioke and Ibrahim Sadiq Adekunle, on or about the 12th day of May 2021 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, by false pretence and with intent to defraud, attempted to obtain property from one Oriyomi Johnson under the pretext that the “Chief Magistrate Court, Lagos State Judiciary, Mushin, Lagos” issued an Order to the effect that the property located at New Horizon Estate, Lekki- Ikate, Lagos be seized and the said...
Delivering judgement, Justice Abike-Fadipe sentenced the defendants each to seven years on counts one to three each, one year on count four and eight months on count five. The sentences are to run concurrently.
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