An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced two men, Ugwu Chijioke and Ibrahim Adekunle, to 22 years imprisonment for impersonating officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe sentenced the duo to 22 years and eight months imprisonment.
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced two men, Ugwu Chijioke and Ibrahim Adekunle, to 22 years imprisonment for impersonating officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission . The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe sentenced the duo to 22 years and eight months imprisonment.
Tukur submitted that the defendants had in their possession false documents to impersonate officials of the EFCC and extorted unsuspecting members of the public. He said the items recovered from the defendants at the point of arrest included fake EFCC identity cards, jackets, and a court order purported to have emanated from Mushin Magistrate Court. The convicts, in their plea for mercy, urged the court to temper justice with mercy and promised never to go to their vomits again.
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